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Nov. 3r(J.--0n the Living Specimens in the Aquaria, by Mr. R. Paden. 



Nov. 10th.— On the Common Frog, by Mr. G. F. Moore. 



Nov. 17th.— On the Babylonian and Egyptian Antiquities in the Mayer 



Collection, l)y the Rev. F. F. Grensted, m.a. 

 Nov. 2J:th. — On Nature's Barriers ; or, the Life History of tlie Sand 



Grass, by Mr. Theo. H. Wardleworth. 

 Dec. 1st.— On Silver, by Mr. A. Lutschaunig. 

 Dec. 8th.— On Crustacea, by Mr. John Chard. 

 Dec. 15th.— On Chalk and its Fossils, by Mr. J. Butler Davies. 

 Dec. 22nd.— On the Otter and the Seal, by Mr. G. J. Hill. 

 Dec. 29th.— On Majolica Ware in the Mayer Museum, by Mr. A. H. 



Frazer. 



Pictorial Groups. 

 During the first few months of the year several pictorial groups of 

 birds were mounted, amongst the more important of these were a limited 

 but very specialized group of birds called Jacanas, found in the tropical 

 regions of the New World and the Old, whose great peculiarity is their 

 exquisite adaptation to walking on the expanded floating leaves of aquatic 

 plants. They are birds of small or moderate size, with feet and claws 

 excessively long and thin, comprising about a dozen species, several of 

 which are armed with short sharp spurs to their wings, and have coloured 

 fleshy caruncles on the forehead. 



This was the last work of Mr. Henry Reynolds, the Museum Taxider- 

 mist. &c., whose lamented death took place in August last. The 

 numerous pictorial groups mounted by him were alike creditable to him- 

 self and to the Museum. 



The Circulating School Cabinets. 

 During the year the school cabinets have been issued regularly lo 72 

 elementary schools within the City boundaries, and have been much 

 appreciated. The only drawback to this important work is, that owing to 

 the number of schools on our list and the limited number of cabinets at 

 our disposal, it is only possible to sen<l the boxes round to each of these 

 schools once in every four months, and this to the Teachers appe us a 

 very long interval. 



