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CURATOR’S REPORT. 
The following is a list of the Donors :— 
Mr. J. ARKLE—92 specimens of Lepidoptera, representing 36 species. 
Mr. J. C. BELTON—2 species of Lepidoptera. 
Mrs. ECR ER ao species of Scandinavian and Arctic Plants, with MS. list 
of same. 
Mr. W. F. CLARKE—5 specimens of Permian Rocks from section at 
Skillaw Clough, Lancashire; also specimens from Plas Berw Pits 
‘classed as Permian by Professor Ramsay.” 
Mr. COBBLETON—1I Embryo Nest of Vespa germanica. 
LizutT.-CoLONEL W. N. ConGREVE, V.C.— 103 specimens of British Birds, 
representing 56 species, chiefly from the Burton Marshes; 1 large 
Glass Case. 
CoLonEL B. G. DAvizs-CooxkE—15 Geological specimens from Drift Beds 
at Gwern-y-mynydd. 
Mr. SipnEy G. CUMMINGS—1 abnormal Nest of Greenfinch; 2 Nests of 
Cirl Bunting; 1 Photograph of Nest and Eggs of Montagus Harrier. 
THE CURATOR— 12 specimens of Cenonympha davus var. philoxenus, Esp. ; 
2 specimens of Sesza culiciformis; 36 species of Coleoptera ; 
3 Clutches of Sparrow Hawk’s Eggs. 
Mr. J. DickKson—1 Wren’s Nest. 
Miss Ltovp FLETCHER—1I Nest of Blue Titmouse; 1 Nest of Door Mouse, 
CaPpTAIN J. B, FEILDING— 1 Atlantic Salmon; 1 Brown Trout; 1 American 
Brook Trout ; 2 Rainbow Trout ; 1 Mackinaw Trout. 
Mr. J. Guy—1 large Minnow. 
Mrs. Mary A. JoNES—1 Buzzard (Buteo vulgaris). 
Mr. — Jonzs-— Series of Crickets. 
Mr. A. W. Lucas—t Dragon Fly (schna grandis). 
Mr. ALFRED NEWSTEAD —1 Pomatorine Skua (Stercorarius pomatorhinus). 
Mr, C. OLDHAM—160 specimens of Mollusca, representing 17 species; 
1 Pochard (Fuligula ferina). 
Mr. F. L. OKELL—2 Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus). 
Mr. J. PICKERING—I Water Rail (Radius aquaticus). 
Miss STEELE PERKINS — 260 specimens of Lepidoptera, representing 
129 species. 
Mr. F. SIMPSON - 3 species Intestinal Worms from Domestic Animals. 
Mr. WM. SHONE— 22 Lantern Slides, representing various Geological 
formations in the British Isles. 
Miss TOMLIN—1I combined Nest of Song Thrush and Blackbird ; 3 specimens 
of Osmia rufa. 
KINGSLEY MEMORIAL COLLECTION of Micro-Fungi, by DR. THEODORE 
GREEN, contains 148 Microscopical preparations and 170 Herbarium 
specimens. 
ToTAL:—Specimens 792; Species 427. 

The list of gifts to the Museum is sufficient to indicate the generous 
feeling towards the Society’s Museum that still prevails. Many of the gifts 
are both valuable and interesting, and for all of them the Committee have 
expressed their cordial thanks to the donors. Your Curator would draw 
special attention to an important addition to the collection of Birds made by 
LiEuT.-COLONEL W. N. CoNGREVE, V.C. It contains three species new 
to the Society’s Collection, viz. :— 
Gadwall (Anas strepera, Linn.) 
Bernacle Goose (Bernicla leucopsis, Bechstein) 
[*Noddy Tern (Amous stolidus, Linn.) ] 
(*See Coward and Oldham, ‘‘ Birds of Cheshire,” p. 229). 
