314 Geology. 



Murchison (Sir RODERICK IMPEY) [1792-1871] 



During his explorations on the continent of Europe, and among the 

 lower Palaeozoic rocks of these islands, the founder of the Silurian System 

 made very large collections. Many of his specimens went to the Museum 

 of the Geological Survey, of which he was long director ; others, and 

 especially most of those figured in the " Silurian System," to the Museum 

 of the Geological Society. Many, however, were presented by him to the 

 British Museum at intervals from 1842 onwards. Of these the most 

 important was the figured counterpart half of the skeleton of the so-called 

 fossil fox, bought by Murchison from a physician at Oeningen in 1828, 

 developed by G. A. Mantell, described by E. Owen as Oalecynus, and 

 presented in 1852, the less important half going to the Geological Society. 

 In 1854 Murchison presented over 800 British Silurian fossils, with others 

 from the Silurian of Russia, the Tertiary of Poland, and the Cretaceous 

 of the Austrian Alps. In 1872, his nephew and heir, Mr. Kenneth 

 Murchison, presented a large series of fossils from various European 

 formations, selected from the museum of Sir Eoderick. On their receipt 

 these were furnished with slips of blue paper on each of which is written 

 " Murchison Colin." 



Murray (Sir JOHN) 



Presented Miocene Mollusca and other fossils from Malta, 1890. 

 Transmitted the Challenger collection of deep-sea deposits, 1895. 



Murray (PETER) 



Collected Yorkshire Lower Jurassic plant-remains, purchased 1839. 



Museum of Practical Geology 



The collections of foreign fossils were transferred from this Museum 

 to the British Museum in 1880. They included specimens collected or 

 contributed by Risk Allah Effendi, W. G. Atherstone, R. A. Godwin- 

 Austen, A. G. Bain, H. Bauerman, Sir H. T. de la Beche, Sir Edward 

 Belcher, J. J. Bigsby, Bonehard, Bosquet, W. Buckland, J. Clark, Lieut. 

 Cockburn, J. Crawford, Sir J. William Dawson, Earl of Enniskillen, 

 E. Forbes, P. de la Harpe, R. Haul, Sir James Hector, 0. Heer, 

 J. D. Hooker, Evan Hopkins, W. Hottelart, E. Hubbert, Hudson's Bay 

 ompany, Capt. Ibbetson, Capt. Inglefield, ,1. B. Jukes, T. Kjerulf, Koch, 

 L. G. de Koninck, A. Krantz, Linton, Sir William E. Logan, W. Lonsdale, 

 Sir Charles Lyell, McChesney, G. A. Mantell, H. Milne-Edwards, John 

 Morris, Lieut.-Col. Munro, Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Hon. Miss Murray, 

 Capt. Nelson, Osborne, A. Phillips, Poole, S. P. Pratt, Sir Joseph Prest- 

 wich, T. Reeks, Ramain, E. Renevier, James Russell, J. G. Rutland, 

 L. Saemann, F. Sandberger, Lieut. Sankey, Sir Robert Schomburgk, 

 Sir H. Seymour, Sir Warington W. Smyth, Admiral Sir Thomas B. Spratt, 

 Stokes, Capt. Strachey, Sutherland, D. Thompson, G. P. Wall, and the 

 Ross Antarctic Expedition. 



Natal, Government of 



Presented Cretaceous Mollusca from Natal, 1894. 



Newberry (JOHN STRONG) 



Presented fins of Cladoselache from Upper Devonian of Ohio, 1888. 

 Nicholson (HENRY ALLEYNE) [1844-1899] 



Among other researches the late Professor of Natural History at 

 Aberdeen University devoted much attention to the Stromatoporoids, of 



