2 CATALOGUE OF TYPES AND FIGURED SPECIMENS 



Darbishire Collection.— A general collection of fossils 



of all formations, presented over a period of years, from 

 1875 onwards. 



Boyd Dawkins Collection.— A large collection of fossils 



from all formations, and including the major part of the 

 Vertebrate and other remains obtained by Professor Dawkins 

 from caves and fissures of Pleistocene Age. Acquired by 

 gift, 1889. 



Edwards Collection.— A large collection of fish and 

 other remains, from the Old Red Sandstone of Caithness. 

 Acquired by purchase, 1891. 



Finlay Collection.— A large series of Neolithic Im- 

 plements from Greece and the Greek Isles. Acquired by 

 gift, 1877. 



Forbes Collection.— The collection of the late Professor 

 David Forbes, consisting of fossils, minerals, and rock- 

 specimens. Acquired by purchase, 1877. 



Franks Collection- — A large series of NeoHthic Im- 

 plements from Scandinavia. Acquired by gift, 1877. 



Gibson Collection. — This consists of fossils from the 

 Yoredale Shales, and Millstone Grit Series of the Vale of 

 Todmorden, Yorkshire. Most of the specimens are types of 

 the genera and species described by the late Captain T. 

 Brown. Some of the species described by him have not yet 

 been traced. A few specimens bear MS. names. Acquired 

 by gift by the Manchester Geological Society, in 1843, and 

 transferred to the Museum in 1864. 



Homfray Collection. — A small collection of Cambrian 

 fossils, many of which are types described by Salter and 

 Hicks. Acquired by gift, 1875. 



Lightbody Collection. — A magnificent collection of fossils 

 from the Cambrian and Silurian formations, containing 

 types described and figured by Salter, Woodward, Blake, 

 and others. Acquired by gift, 1875. 



