REPORT 



OF THE 



DIRECTORS AND CURATORS of the MUSEUM. 



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The Directors and Ciualors of the Museum congratulate 

 the Members of the Institution on the general augmentation 

 that the collection under their charge annually receives, not 

 in one department alone, but in the whole. Not a season 

 passes but some of tiie specimens collected at an early period 

 of the establishment are removed, and give place to others 

 that are superior — many new ones are introduced — and thus 

 the whole series is in progress of a gradual but decided im- 

 provement. 



In the Fossil department the Museum has received a trea- 

 sure from Mr. Henry Weekes (the Sculptor), not easily 

 obtained — a perfect cast of one of the most extraordinary 

 extinct animals (Plesiosawurs) that has hitherto rewarded the 

 researches of the Geologist. 



Many highly curious subjects in Comparative Anatomy 

 have been presented by W. D. Couchman, Esq., collected 

 from the interior of South America, expressly for this Mu- 

 seum, and prepared for the Cases by himself. 



Numerous additions to the Birds have been made during 

 the past year, for which the Society is chiefly indebted to 

 two of its Honorary Members, E. S. Curling, Esq. and 

 W. D. Couchman, Esq., through whom the collection has 

 been considerably enriched ; and the duplicate Skins have 

 enabled the Curators to set up a great number without addi- 

 tional expence to the Institution. 



