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213 original water-colour drawings of British Animals, viz.: 

 13 mammals, 122 birds, and 78 fish, executed by W. MacGillivray, 

 between 1831 and 1841, were presented by his son. 



1893. 



L. The number of accessions was 705 volumes and 30 maps, 

 of which 301 volumes and 28 maps were presented and 76 trans- 

 ferred from other departments. 



Sir R. Owen's executors presented an extensive series of his 

 MSS., including original autograph notes and illustrations for 

 the Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus, of notes and synopses of 

 lectures from 1828 to 1864, notes and sketches of remains of 

 fossil Reptilia in various Museums, and a very large collection 

 of original drawings by G. Scharf, J. Dinkel, J. Wolf, and other 

 artists, of zoological subjects ; many being the originals for 

 illustrations to Sir R. Owen's papers and memoirs. 



G. 334 volumes, 326 parts, and 33 maps were added. 



M. 91 works in 100 volumes and 18 parts, with 24 memoirs 

 and 2 maps were acquired. 



Z. 53 volumes and 815 parts were added : the total for the 

 library being 9,903 works in 15,962 volumes. 



1894. 



L. The increase for the year amounted to 723 volumes and 

 64 maps, of which 273 volumes and 31 maps were presented, and 

 42 volumes and 32 maps were transferred from other departments. 



39 water-colour drawings, by native artists, of Chinese Plants, 

 Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes were presented by F. A. Philbrick, K.C. 



B. 50 original water-colour drawings of Flowers made from 

 Nature, by J. Bolton, between 1785 and 1787, with manuscript 

 title and preface dated 1788, were purchased. 



G. 331 volumes, 429 parts, and 536 maps were added. 



M. 144 works in 134 volumes and 10 parts, with 44 

 memoirs and 12 maps were acquired. 



Z. 64 volumes and 799 parts were added. 



1895. 



L. 1072 volumes and 39 maps were added, of which 382 

 volumes and 39 maps were presented and 121 volumes were 

 transferred from other departments. 



38 volumes were presented by the Society of Antiquaries. 



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