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1859. 



The largest collection acquired this year was that of York- 

 shire fossils purchased from Mr. William Bean, of Scarborough. 

 Besides numerous Invertebrata, this collection included an 

 extensive series of Oolitic plants from Gristhorpe and Haiburn 

 Wyke, some described by Brongniart, Lindley and Hutton, 

 Phillips, and Bunbury. Count Strzelecki's collection of fossils 

 from New South Wales, described in his work on that country, 

 was also an important acquisition by purchase. 



Among Vertebrata, a series of skulls of Bos longifrom, from 

 the Irish peat-bogs, was presented by Dr. Wylde. A collection 

 of fossil reptiles from the Karoo formation of South Africa, 

 including the first evidence of the genera Ptychognathus, 

 Galesaurus, and Cynochampsa, was transmitted by Sir George 

 Grey, Governor of Cape Colony. Some remains of Stagonolepis, 

 from the Trias of Elgin, were presented by Dr. James Taylor. 

 Old Red Sandstone fishes from Tynet Burn, Banfishire, were 

 presented by the Duke of Richmond. Oligocene fishes from 

 Canton Glarus, Switzerland, were presented by Miss Elizabeth 

 Warne. 



Among Invertebrata, British Cretaceous fossils were pre- 

 sented by Mr. W. Cunnington, and specimens of the newly- 

 described Carboniferous Crinoid, Woodocrinus, by Mr. E. Wood. 



Some examples of Calamites, from the Coal Measures of 

 Saxony, were presented by Dr. Alexander Petzholdt to illustrate 

 his memoir on that genus. 



Total number of acquisitions, 3550. 



1860. 



The Sowerby Collection, illustrating James Sowerby's 

 " Mineral Conchology of Great Britain," was purchased from 

 James de Carle Sower by. It was the first extensive collection 

 of type-specimens of British invertebrate fossils acquired by the 

 Museum. 



The second instalment of the collection of Pleistocene Mam- 

 malia and non-marine Mollusca made by Mr. John Brown, of 

 Stanway, was bequeathed to Prof, (afterwards Sir Richard) 

 Owen and presented by him to the Museum. 



Valuable additions were also made to the collection of fossil 

 Mammalia and Reptilia from the Siwalik Hills, India, by a 

 donation from the Secretary of State for India. The fine skull 



