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Three specimens of Stalactitic Sulphate of Iron, from the roof of a 

 coal mine ; a nodule of grey Chert found in the Yard Coal Mine, July 

 1879, at Kirkless Colliery, Aspull, at a depth of 18 inches in the seam 

 of coal; 4 specimens of smooth and curly Cannel Coal from North 

 Wales, and 4 specimens of curly and plain Anthracite Coal from South 

 Wales ; presented by Mr. Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Coal Mines, 

 Rainhill. 



A Kestrel, Nests and Eggs of British Birds, specimens of Fresh- 

 water Fish for Aquaria, &c. ; presented by Mr. John Hannam. 



Specimens of Entozoa from the Horse, Dog, &c., prepared and pre- 

 sented by Professor Allen Barker, f.l.s. 



A specimen of Crystallized Salt (sun-dried) from Benghazi, Egypt; 

 presented by Captain John HoUia. 



Piece of a Pile bored throughout by Teredos in 11 months at Lankat 

 Wharf, Sumatra ; presented by Mr. Alfred Holt. 



A Great Marbled Godwit, Liviosa fedoa, from Cedar Grove, Florida ; 

 a Green Heron, Ardea virescens, from Black Creek, St. John's River, 

 Florida ; three Ground Doves, Chamcepelia passerina, from Green Cove 

 Spring, Florida ; a Common Thrush from Morsgail, Isle of Lewis, and 

 a specimen of a white variety of the Red-Throated Diver, Colymbus 

 septentrionalis ; presented by Mr. Hugh Heywood Jones. 



The skin of a Yapock Opossum; two Woodpeckers; a Barbet; a 

 Cocoon of an Attacus Silk Moth ; specimens of twelve species of Land 

 and Freshwater Shells and a Water Scorpion from San Paulo, Brazil ; 

 presented by Mr. E. Dukinfield Jones, c.e.. Corresponding Member 

 of the Literary and Philosophical Society, Liverpool. 



Two specimens of the Coypu Rat, a Capybara skin and skull, and a 

 collection of specimens, chiefly Marine, made on a voyage between the 

 West Coast of South America and Liverpool, collected and presented, 

 with written notes and observations, by Captain S. Griffith Jones, barque 

 " Hermine," Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society of 

 Liverpool. 



Skulls and Bones of Gorilla and Chimpanzee (?) and five Skulls of 

 Hippopotamus from West Africa; presented by Mr. Alfred L. Jones 

 (Messrs. Elder, Dempster and Co.), per Mr. C. Potter. 



