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Donations to the Museum. 



The Donations to the Museum during the past year were 



as follow : — 



A Pipe Fish, in spirit, presented by C. Shaw, Esq. 



A Collection of Bird Skins, from Upper Scinde, presented 

 by Lieut. Burgess, 20th Reg. Nat. Inf. 



The Body of a Gazelle, presented by Geo. Smythe, Esq. 



A Preserved Snipe, in a glass case, presented by W. C. 

 Tisoe, Esq. 



A Nest of the Dipper, presented by Mr. Prockter of Dur- 

 ham. 



Three Specimens of Sphseria, from New Zealand, presented 

 by W. L. Lowndes, Esq. 



3. Library. 



No peculiarly advantageous opportunity having occurred 

 for making additions to the Library, the purchases have 

 been confined chiefly to works already subscribed for. 



The great importance of a Zoological Libi'ary, from 

 which Members of the Society may obtain books at their 

 own houses, need scai'cely be adverted to on this occasion. 

 The Library contains about 1000 volumes, and among 

 them many works of reference which are seldom to be 

 found in private collections. To this class of zoological 

 literature it is particularly desirable that the most exten- 

 sive additions should be made, and it is hoped that this 

 department of the Institution will continue to receive the 

 contributions of those authors and other persons who are 

 desirous of promoting its success, and facilitating the la- 

 bours of the student. 



Donations to the Library. 



The principal Donations to the Library since the last 

 Anniversary have been received from the following learned 

 bodies, viz. : — 



Transactions and Proceedings from the Royal Academy 

 of Sciences of Paris, the Royal Academy of Sciences of 

 Berlin, the Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin, the Im- 

 perial Society of Naturalists of Moscow, the Royal Society 

 of Sciences of Gottingen, the Imperial Academy of Natu- 



