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Hay, H.M.'s Consul-General at Tangier, for a new species 

 of Antelope and several other interesting animals ; — to Mr. 

 Willshire, Vice -Consul at Mogadore ; — to Sir R. Ker 

 Porter, H.M/s Consul at Caraccas ; — to Mr. Swinton of 

 Calcutta, Dr. Sibbald, Mr. Telfair, Mr. Reeves of Canton, 

 and other valuable Corresponding Members, for numerous 

 donations. The Society are also much indebted to Captains 

 Gribble, Ford, and Turner ; to Mr, Fuller of Rose-hill, Mr. 

 C. Marryatt, Sir F. Sykes, Mr. Hankey, Mr. Stephen of 

 Van Diemen's Land, Lord Colchester, Mr. — Bennett, Mr. 

 P. Hardwick, Mr. Steedman, Mr. Audubon, the Earl of 

 Egremont, &c. &c. &c. Lord Clare has also presented 

 several important animals from Bombay ; and the Hudson's 

 Bay Company, with their long-experienced liberality, have 

 enriched the Menagerie with several which had not previ- 

 ously existed in it. 

 In the department of 



The Museum 

 the donations have been as liberal and as numerous as 

 those to the Menagerie, and in many instances the donors 

 have been the same. To Mr. Telfair of the Mauritius the 

 Society owes much for the presents which he has continued 

 to transmit, almost from its institution, by every oppor-tu- 

 nity of communicating with this country ; — to Mr. Swinton 

 of Calcutta they are equally indebted for repeated presents 

 during a long period; — to Mr. Drummond Hay, and to Mr. 

 Willshire, for various interesting skins ; to Dr. Sibbald for 

 a very extensive collection of Reptiles, Fishes, Crustacea, 

 and Mollusca, formed in Ceylon ; as well as to Mr. Reeves, 

 Mr. Stephen, Mr. C. Marryatt, &c. &c. Among the other 

 Corresponding Members thanks are particularly due to Mr. 

 Woodbine Parish, Captain ^lallard, the Rev. R. T. Lowe, 

 and M. Bojer. Interesting presents have also been received 

 from Mrs. Haldimand, Mr. Keith Abbott, Mr. Cuming, Mr. 

 Barclay, Mr. Edgar and Dr. Weatherhead. To Mr. Par- 

 kinson the Society is indebted for the present of fortji^-two 

 bird-skins from Pernambuco ; to Mr. George Macleay for 



