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Murchison, Esq., F.R.S. & L.S. — Foreign Secretary : Henry 



Heuland, Esq. — Treasurer : John Taylor, Esq., F.R.S. 



Council; J. E. Bicheno, Esq., Sec. L.S. ; John Bostock, M.D., 

 F.R.S.; Rev. W. D. Cony beare, F.R.S.; John Craw furd, Esq., 

 F.R.S.; Michael Faraday, Esq., F.R.S.; Davies Gilbert, Esq. 

 M.P., Pres. R.S.; G. B. Greenough, Esq., F.R.S.; J. F. W^ 

 Herschel, Esq., Sec. R.S. ; Leonard Horner, Esq., F.R.S. ; 

 Ashhurst Majendie, Esq., F.R.S. ; Rev. J. H. Randolph ; N. A. 

 Vigors, Esq., F.R.S.; Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart., M.P. ; Henry 

 Warburton, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCiETT. 



We have again to report the steady advancement of this So- 

 ciety towards the full attainment of the objects for which it was 

 instituted. Both the Menagerie and the Museum continue to 

 receive almost daily important additions from the liberality of its 

 friends and supporters. Among these we may mention a col- 

 lection of skins of Mammalia and Birds from Singapore, pre- 

 sented by H. T. Colebrooke, Esq. ; another assemblage of Mam- 

 malia, Reptiles, and Fishes, from New Holland and Madagascar, 

 presented by C. Telfair, Esq.; a collection formed in Mexico by 

 Capt. Lyon ; and another, containing much of the zoological 

 produce of the late overland expedition to the Arctic Regions, 

 under the command of Capt. Franklin, presented by Dr. Richard- 

 son. Among the individual specimens, we will only mention 

 the gift by Capt. Percy, of that curious animal, the Chlamy- 

 phorus truncatus, which was previously unknown to European 

 naturalists, and whose singular osteology has been illustrated by 

 Mr. Yarrell in a preceding page. 



The buildings at the Society's gardens are proceeding rapidly. 

 The number of Members already admitted, amounts to very 

 nearly eight hundred. 



