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zoic Invertebrata from various localities in North America ; and 

 Mr. J. N. Pearson gave some Ordovician brachiopods, corals, 

 tfec., from Cincinnati, Ohio. The purchase of the Klipstein 

 Collection added a valuable series of Invertebrata from the St. 

 Cassian beds of the Tyrol, including specimens described in 

 Klipstein's " Beitrage zur geologischen Kenntniss der Oestlichen 

 Alpen," 1843. Among miscellaneous purchases, the acquisitions 

 of Jurassic Invertebrata from France are noteworthy. 



1852. 



The general collection of about 2000 fossils bequeathed by 

 Miss Cowderoy was received this year. It is especially rich in 

 Eocene and Oligocene Mollusca from Hampshire and the Isle of 

 Wight. 



Among Vertebrata, the most conspicuous donation was that 

 of the " Fossil Fox of Oeningen " (Galecynus oeningensis, Owen), 

 from Sir Roderick I. Murchison. About 300 mammalian remains 

 from the Pleistocene of Essex, including some unique described 

 and figured specimens, were presented by Mr. John Brown, of 

 Stanway. A large collection of Mammalian remains from the 

 Tertiary and Pleistocene beds of France was purchased from Mr. 

 Auguste Bravard. Fossil fishes from the Miocene of Oran, 

 Algeria, were purchased. 



Among Invertebrata, Sir Robert Schomburgk presented a 

 good collection of Tertiary shells and rock-specimens from San 

 Domingo, West Indies. Mr. Charles Darwin presented two 

 South American fossil brachiopods, described in his " South 

 America." Mr. George Tate, of Alnwick, presented some Car- 

 boniferous and Permian brachiopods from the North of England. 

 Mr. S. P. Pratt presented a few Nummulites from France and 

 Spain. The numerous purchases included shells from the Tertiary 

 beds of France and Italy, from the Cretaceous and Palaeozoic 

 formations of Belgium, and from many British rocks. 



1853. 



A selection of about 100 vertebrate, and 1000 invertebrate 

 fossils from the second collection of the late Dr. G. A. Mantell 

 was purchased from his executors. Among other valuable speci- 

 mens, it comprised many bones of Iguanodon from the Wealden 

 of Brook, Isle of Wight. 



Two other general collections were obtained from abroad. 

 Mr. Daniel Hanbury presented some Devonian Brachiopoda 



