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A Nest of an Oriole, built in an Aviary in the Garden of James 

 Ford, Esq., of Clapham, presented by that Gentleman. 



The following Specimens in Spirit : — two Freshwater Tor- 

 toises, three Birds, one Shrew, one Bat, one Rat, and one 

 Helix from Samsoon. Also two Hedgehogs, two Frogs, a 

 Blind Worm, and a Snake from Trebizond, presented by 

 Edward Dalzell Dickson, M.D., of Constantinople, Corr. 

 Member. 



Specimens of 10 Birds and a Lizard, in spirit, from Erzeroom, 

 presented by Henry James Ross, Esq., of Erzeroom, Corr. 

 Member. 



A Collection of Specimens in spirit, consisting of a Box Fish 

 {Ostracion), a rare Shell {Triton), two deformed Chickens, a 

 Flying Fish, a Tetraodon, three specimens of Scolopendra, 

 the larva of a Cerambyx, and some Lepades, presented by 

 H. Pointer, Esq. 



Three Bird-Skins, and a Collection of Insects and Birds' Eggs, 

 from Erzeroom. Also the Skull of a Sainsoon Hare, pre- 

 sented by Messrs. Dickson and Ross, Corr. Members. 



Various Specimens of Crustacea arranged in a glass case, and 

 the following specimens in spirit : — six Reptiles, two Fishes 

 (Hippocampus), one Zoophyte, two Spiders, two Bats, and a 

 larva of a Coleopterous Insect. Presented by John N. 

 Tweedy, Esq., Vice-Consul at Port-au-Prince, Corr. Memb. 



A Specimen of a Flying Phalanger {Belidea ariel), presented 

 by John Gould, Esq. 



A Specimen of the Spotted Salamander {Salamandra macu- 

 losa), presented by the Earl of Orkney, V.P. 



A Skin of the Black Bear [Ursus Americanus), a Skin of the 

 Grisly Bear {Ufsus ferox), and three Skins of the Bison 

 (Bos Americanus), presented by the Hon. Charles Aug. 

 Murray. 



Four Man-of-War Bird-Skins {Tachypetes), two Coursers 



[Cursorius ), and one Kestril [Cerchneis ), from 



the Island of Bona Vista, presented by John Rendall, Esq., 

 Her Majesty's Consul at the Cape de Verd Isles. 



An Antelope [Antilope Ogilbyi, Waterh.), a Monkey (young) 

 {Cercopithecus Pogonias), an imperfect Skin of Colobus leu- 

 comeros, an imperfect Skin of Viverra Civetta, three Bats, 

 two Squirrels (one the Sciurus Poensis of Dr. Smith), an 



