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extremely large races of Wild Sheep in the elevated plains of Pamir, 

 eastward of Bokhara, 16,000 feet above the sea level. These are 

 now known to consist of several closely allied species, the first of which 

 was named in 1840 in honour of the celebrated traveller, from the 

 only skull and horns then known in Europe. In very recent years 

 other species have been named and described by Explorers, but all are 

 surpassed in size by the Ovis Polil, of which the head and horns 

 purchased for the Liverpool Museum is an exceedingly fine example, 

 the horns of which measure 53 inches round the outer curve, and 

 15 inches round the base, and 42 between the tips. 



A new-born Porpoise {Phoccena communis), taken alive in the net 

 of a shrimping boat off the S. West Bar Light Ship. 



A stuffed specimen of a young Walrus {Trichecus rosmarus, 

 Linnaeus) from the Greenland Seas. 



A disarticulated skeleton of the Jaguar {Felis Onca, Linnaeus), in 

 which every component bone of the skull, body, and limbs is mounted 

 separately from its neighbours, and are also removable in groups for 

 study. 



Two skulls of Sharks from India. 



Three specimens of the Common Chough from Sligo. 



Two large Spider Shells, Pteroceras truncatuni, and a Coral 

 {Madrepora aculeus). 



A Shell, Cassis tuherosa, three Corals, Manicina areolata, and two 

 Lophoseris divaricata, from the West Indies. 



Seven specimens of four species of Fossil Shells, {Inoceramus), from 

 the Chalk. 



Four polished sections of Fossil Corals, viz. — Acervularia luxurians, 

 Dudley, transverse section, and longitudinal section, Lithostrotiov 

 martini, Avon, and Favosites, Wenlock Limestone. 



An oval specimen of Landscape ]\Iocha Stone (Chalcedony with an 

 infiltration of Manganese). 



