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Lieut. Allen, R.N., who accompanied the recent expedition 

 up the Quorra, the Society is indebted for various collections 

 from Africa : and to Mr. B. H. Hodgson, British Resident at 

 the Court of Nepal, for an extensive series of the Birds of 

 that country. The President, the Earl of Derby, has made 

 several presents to the Museum ; Lord Auckland has given 

 to it a collection of bird-skins from South Africa ; a small 

 collection from the same locality and from the Mauritius has 

 been presented by Mrs. J. Barlow ; Lord Fitzroy Somerset 

 has given various skins from India ; Lieut. Benson, a collec- 

 tion of Indian land and freshwater shells ; Mr. Royle, various 

 bird-skins from the Himalaya ; Mr. Wyllie, a collection of 

 dried Fishes from India: Captain Sir Edward Parry, R.N., 

 a new species of Kangaroo and other animals of Australia ; 

 Sir P. Grey Egerton, various selected bird-skins from India 

 and a white wolf; Mr, Bowerbank, a small collection from 

 the neighbourhood of Quebec ; and Mr. Audubon, a selec- 

 tion from his North American collection of Birds, as well 

 as several Mammalia from the same part of the world. The 

 Museum has also been enriched by presents from H. Taylor, 

 Esq., W, H. Rudston Read, Esq., Captain Varlo, C. K. Ni- 

 cholls, Esq., T. Rymer Jones, Esq., Miss Darby, Miss Anna 

 Moody, J. Reeves, Esq., Captain Hire, Sir John Lubbock, 

 and from other Members and Friends ; to Mr. De la Fons it 

 owes the skeleton of a Lophius ; and to Keith E. Abbott, 

 Esq., of Trebizond, various collections formed by him in that 

 neighbourhood. 

 The 



Acquisition of a Museum 



adequate for the preservation, arrangement, and due display 

 of the extensive collections of the Society, has been for se- 

 veral years an object of the highest interest to the Council, 

 and has been repeatedly adverted to in their Annual Reports. 

 In their last Annual Report they explained the steps which 



