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collector at Lyme Regis, of papers in the Transactions of the 

 Geological Society, were presented by Lord Enniskillen. 



M. 32 works in 44 volumes were added. 



Z. 877 works in 1,176 volumes were acquired, including 

 a very fine copy of Audubon's " Birds of America." 



1886. 



The Royal Society presented 34 miscellaneous works, which 

 were distributed among the several libraries. 



L. 1,313 volumes and 3 maps were added, of which 351 

 volumes and 3 maps were presented and 20 volumes transferred 

 from other departments. These included : 



A set of De Bry's collection of Voyages (with the collation), 

 presented by Lord Crawford. 



153 original water-colour drawings and pencil sketches, by 

 T. Baines, the African explorer, were purchased. 



B. 212 books and pamphlets, and the whole of his mycolo- 

 gical correspondence was bequeathed by C. E. Broome. 



Proofs on India paper of the illustrations to Stevenson's 

 " Hymenomycetes Britannici " were presented by Mr. W. G. 

 Smith. 



1,922 original water-colour drawings of British Plants, by Miss 

 H. Moseley, were purchased. 



A series of original water-colour and pen-and-ink drawings of 

 Plants, by M. J. Schleiden, of Jena, with the manuscript descrip- 

 tion of them, were purchased, and have since been bound in 

 9 volumes. 



115 original sketches (some coloured) of Bornean Orchids, 

 Pitcher-plants, &c., by P. W. Burbidge, were purchased. 



493 original drawings of Indian Plants ; and 42 original 

 drawings of Orchids, by Miss Cooke, were acquired and have 

 since been incorporated in the systematically arranged collections 

 of drawings of specimens of Plants. 



G. 256 volumes, 1,115 pamphlets, 26 cases of MSS., and 

 53 maps were added in the year. 



Of these 897 books and pamphlets, with 26 cases of original 

 drawings and MSS., all relating to Brachiopoda, and formerly 

 part of the library of Dr. T. Davidson, were presented by 

 Mr. W. Davidson. 



226 pamphlets were acquired from the library of Prof. J. 

 Morris. 



M. 286 volumes and 208 pamphlets were added. 



