CURATOR AND LIBRARIAN’S REPORT. 
Your Curator has much pleasure in presenting his Annual Report on 
the additions to the Society’s Library and Museum, of which the following 
are worthy of special comment :— 
Miss HARRIs has very kindly presented to the Society her late Father’s 
“Herbarium,” consisting, approximately, of 1,049 specimens of British 
Plants. 
A specimen of the Common Crane (Grus communis), procured by 
the Gamekeeper on the estate of Colonel TI. J. Long, on the 16th May, 
1908, at Rhosneigr, Anglesea. This is a new record to the Avi-fauna 
of Nerth Wales, and CoLtoneL Lone has very generously presented 
the specimen to the Society’s Museum, where it is highly valued, and 
forms an extremely valuable addition to the local collections preserved 
in this Institution. The plumage and feet of the bird are in most perfect 
condition, and there is no indication that it had been in captivity. Judging 
from the colour of the plumage, it had not quite reached maturity; the red 
wattles on the head were well marked. The measurements were as 
follows:—Length 44 inches; wing 21 inches; tarsus 82 inches, weight 
it pounds, Dr. W. H. Dobie writes—‘‘The tenth example recorded for 
the British Isles since 1888; of these the greater number are chiefly from the 
East Coast.” 
COUNCILLOR R. T. WICKHAM has kindly presented a specimen of the 
Ruff (Machetes pugnax), shot by the Donor on the Gowy Meadows, 
Cheshire, September 30th, 1908. A few of these interesting birds occur 
every year, more or less, in the West of the County of Cheshire, during the 
Autumn and Spring migration. 
An addition worthy of special mention is a specimen of the Gadwall 
(Chaulelasmus streperus), the gift of Mr. L. P. SmirxH of Blacon. The 
first example of this rare visitor, recorded for Cheshire, was shot at Burton, 
March 13th, 1845, and presented by CAPTAIN CONGREVE, V.C. 
The Society are fortunate in obtaining a very fine skull of the extinct 
European Wild Ox (Bos primigenius) ; found during dredging operations in 
the Runcorn section of the Ship Canal in 1907, at a depth of about 20 feet 
in an alluvial deposit. The thanks of the Society are due to Mr. W. SHONE 
for kindly contributing towards the purchase of this valuable and interesting 
addition, and to Mgssrs. F. W. Hurron and R. NEWSTEAD for bringing 
the matter before the Society. 
Messrs. J. R. LE B. TOMLIN, J. ARKLE, G. ARNOLD, R. 
NEWSTEAD, and the CURATOR, have added several new and rare additions 
to the collections of Mollusca and Insecta, 
