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CURATOR AND LIBRARIAN’S REPORT. 
Your Curator has the honour of submitting his Report for 
the past year, ending May 24th, 1917. The number of acquisi- 
tions is 241. 
Mr. S. G. Cummings has made a new addition to the 
Cheshire Flora—Gymnadenia conopsea. He has also given 
222 negative photographs of plants, by the late Mrs. J. M. New. 
A specimen of the little Owl, which is a new addition, was 
shot in a field belonging to Mr. Smith, of Blacon, on March 3rd, 
1917, by the donor, Mr. Richard Farmer. (See T.. A. Coward’s 
*“Fauna of Cheshire ’’’ for details of the occurrence of these 
birds in England.) 
The extraordinary colour variety of the ‘Tortoiseshell 
Butterfly (Vanessa urticw), referred to in the Society’s Report 
for 1915-16 (pp. 20-21), has been kindly given by the collector, 
Master J. Robertson, of Hoole, Chester. 
The late Mr. Thomas Shepheard (Vice-President), in 
October of last year (1916), very kindly presented two glazed 
frames of birds, which he purchased from the Mayoress (Mrs. 
Meadows Frost), who handed the amount received to the local 
War Funds. 
Will the donors of specimens, etc., kindly see detailed list, 
appended, for a record of their gifts ? 
LIBRARY. 
The Committee have decided not to print a list of the books 
added to the Library during the past year, as in previous years. 
Nevertheless, it is their wish that any special gifts should be 
