CURATOR AND LIBRARIAN’S REPORT. 
The additions to the Society’s Museum, of which a list 
is embodied in this Report, record the smallest number of 
specimens given in any previous year. There are, however, 
a few important and new additions ; these are referred to 
below. ; 
To the Herbarium Mr. S. G. Cummincs has added 
specimens of Asplenium septentrionale and  Ceterach 
officinarum. In North Wales, where these plants were 
collected /see dist), they have not been found, apparently, 
for many years past, and were believed to be exterminated. 
The specimen of the Common or Red Kite (Milvus 
ictinus) is a new and valuable addition to the collection of 
birds. It was shot by Mr. J. BurGEss on October 30th, 
1892, at Bruen Stapleford, Cheshire, and presented by him 
to his brother, Mr. H. BurGEss, when the former left 
England for America a few years ago. It was purchased 
by the Society on April 24th, 1913. It was preserved by 
Mr. H. Barry (Taxidermist), late of Manchester Street, 
Liverpool. Dr. W. H. Dosix refers to this specimen in 
his list of the birds of Cheshire and North Wales, and it is 
also recorded in Mr. T. A. Cowarp’s Vertebrate Fauna 
on page 289. 
Owing to unavailable space in the Society’s Museum, 
your Curator his not prepared any Life-cycles of Mammals 
or Birds during the past year. There is, however, sufficient 
material on hand to complete a group of the Jay and 
Kingfisher. 
The increasing interest taken in the collection of Wild 
Flowers by members and the general public, justifies a 
continuance of the Exhibition. During the first week in 
May, Miss F. M. THomAs very kindly sent examples of 
Viola hirta and Fritillaria meleagris, from Flintshire, which 
have not before been exhibited. 
