that the whole of the collection will be almost immediately 

 in an available state for consultation. 



A new Catalogue and List of Donors is preparing for 

 the press, and will, it is hoped, be completed so as to be 

 in the hands of every Fellow of the Society before the 

 close of the present season. 



Donations to the Library. 



The principal donations to the Library since the last 

 Anniversary have been received from the following distin- 

 guished bodies, viz. : — 



Transactions and Proceedings from the Royal Society 

 of Sciences of Copenhagen, the Royal Academy of Sci- 

 ences of Munich, the Institut Royal des Pays Bas, the 

 Society of Natural Sciences of Hamburgh, the Royal 

 Academy of Sciences of Paris, the Royal Academy of 

 Sciences of Berlin, the Royal Irish Academy, the Ento- 

 mological Society of London, the Royal Society of Edin- 

 burgh, the American Philosophical Society, and the Lin- 

 nean Society of London. 



Memoires, Journals, Annals and Reports have also 

 been received from the Geological Society of London, the 

 Royal Geographical Society of London, the Royal Asi- 

 atic Society of Great Britain, the Agricultural Society of 

 England, the Royal Agricultural Society of Lyons, the 

 Natural History Society of Strasburg, the Physical and 

 Natural History Society of Geneva, the Royal Academy 

 of Metz, the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Peters- 

 burgh, the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, the 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal In- 

 stitution of Cornwall, the Leeds Philosophical and Lite- 

 rary Society, the Geological Society of Dublin, and the 

 London Institution. 



Donations have also been received from the Trustees 

 of the British Museum, the Prince of Canino, Sir Rode- 

 rick I. Murchison, Leonard Horner, Esq., the Editor of 

 the Atheneeum Journal, the Editor of the Agricultural 

 Magazine, the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, the British 

 Association, the Earl of Derby, Professor Agassiz, Pro- 

 fessor Pictet, Dr. And. Smith, Dr. Forbes Royle, Dr. 

 Moreton, Dr. Cantor, Dr. Storer, Dr. Gibbes, Mons. 

 Edm. de Selys Longchamps, Mons. Alfred Malherbe, 



