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Strassburg, the most noted of Europeau Botanists, furnished Mr. Palgrave 

 with nearly every rare British species, and with typical foreign specimens. 

 This collection of British Mosses is one of the best and most complete in 

 England at the present time. 



Casts of Shells from a railway in the Eoyal Park, Melbourne, 120 feet 

 above the sea level ; presented by Mr. James Parr. 



A young Gavial, 3 feet long, Gavialis gangeticus ; presented by Mr. 

 A. C. Phillips. 



A living Alligator, Alligator Mississipinensis, from New Orleans; 

 presented by Capt. Pueyuolds, s.s. Governor. 



A specimen of a new species of Tanager, Spindalls benedicti, Ridgway, 

 from Cozumel Island, Yucatan ; presented by Mr. Osbert Salvin, f.z.s. 



Three samples of Tin Ores ; presented by Mr. J. B. Schweitzer. 



Five slabs of Keuper (T.M.R.) Sandstone, showing sun cracks and 

 ripple marks, from the excavations for the extension of the Chesire Lines 

 Offices, Brunswick Station, between Sefton Street and Northumberland 

 Street ; presented by Mr. Wm. Scott, Engineer to the Co., per Messrs. 

 Neill & Sons, Contractors, and Mr. T. Mellard Reade, f.g.s. 



A specimen of Fossil Coral, Syringophora on the shell of a Productus 

 in black marble ; presented by Mr. Edward Segar. 



One Shark, one pair of Shark's Jaws, and five Fish from Barbados ; 

 presented by Mrs. Simpson. 



Two specimens of the Tailed Priapulus, Priapulus caudatus, Lam. 

 contracted and distended, from Waldringfield on the Deben ; collected 

 and presented by Dr. H. C. Sorby, f.r.s. 



Three Nests of Humming Birds ; presented by Mr. Frederick Taylor. 



Seeds of the India-rubber Tree ; presented by Mr. T. J. Taylor. 



A collection of Seeds from British Guiana ; presented by Miss Tinne. 



Two specimens of Graptolites, from the shale beds, Dobb's Linn, 

 Moffatdale, Dumfriesshire ; presented by Mr. Robert Turnbull. 



A lesser White-nosed Monkey, Cercopithecus petaurista, from West 

 Africa ; presented by Mrs. Webster. 



