174 PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
“On the Natural History of Gutta Percha,’ by Mr. J. Pum- 
phrey; and “ On Two Years in Italy,” by Mr. G. Henton. 
Amongst the specimens which have been exhibited were a large 
number of skins of birds from Upper Bolivia; shells of Succinea 
pieta; aspecimen of Hippocampus; the Pallas sand-grouse; the 
unctuous sucker, or sea-snail; a beautiful collection of minerals 
from the Imperial Austrian mines of Agordo; and a specimen of 
smoky quartz from Mont Blanc. A section of this latter was also 
shown under the microscope, to display the globules of water 
which it contained. 
A large and valuable addition has lately been made to the 
Library of the Society, through the liberality and kindness of Dr. 
Bell Fletcher, who presented to the Society the whole of the 
publications of the Ray Society. To mark the appreciation of 
the gift, Dr. Bell Fletcher has since been elected an Honorary 
Vice-President of the Society. Several further additions have 
also been made to the Library through the kindness of members 
or by purchase. 
Mr. George Dawson, M.A., Dr. G. F. Evans, Mr. H. Heaton, 
Mr. C. Ratcliff, F.L.S., F.G.S., Dr. James Russell, and the Rev. 
W. Wakefield, M.A., have qualified as Honorary Members of the 
Society. 
