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£12,000, which sum has been accordingly adopted as its 

 equivalent in the annual valuation of the Assets of the 

 Society. 



Many important additions were made to the Library 

 during 1884, among which attention may be called to the 

 following donations: — 



Godwin- Austen. Land and Freshwater Mollusca of India. Part v. 



Presented by the Author. 

 Handbook of Jamaica for 1884. Presented by the Editors. 

 Retzius. Das Gehororgan der Wirbelthiere. Vol. ii. Presented by 



the Author. 

 Newton. On Oi-nithology. From the ' Encyclopaedia Britannica,' 



ed. 9. Presented by tlie Author. 

 Original Drawiugs for Edwards's ' Ornithology.' Presented by Dr. 



EdNvard Hamilton, F.Z.S. 

 Jourual of Comparative Medicine and Surgery. Vol. v. nos. 1-4. 



Presented by the Editor. 

 Moore's Lepidoptera of Ceylon. Part ix. Presented by the 



Government of Ceylon. 

 Norske Nordhavs-expedition 1876-78. Part xi. Presented bv 



Prof, H. Mohn. 



The following is a list of zoological works in course of 

 publication of which parts were purchased in 1884: — 



Andr6. Species d. Hym^nopteres. Ease, xvii.-xxiii. 



Berlese. Acari, Miriapodi e Scorpioni Italiani. Ease, ix.-xv. 



Bogdanow. Conspectus Avium Imperii Eossici. Ease. i. 



Booth. British Birds. Parts v., vi. 



Bronn's Thierreich. Band V. Abth. ii. Lief. 11-15 ; Band VI. 

 Abth. iii. Lief. 41, 42 ; Band I. {Protozoa) Lief. 20-27 ; Band II. 

 (Ponfera) Lief. 3-6 ; Baud VI. Abth. v. Lief. 27. 



' Challenger,' Voyage of H.M.S. Zoology, Vols, ix., x. ; Physics 

 and Chemistiy, Vol. i. 



Carus. Prodromus Eaunaj Mediterranese. Pars i. 



Cory. Birds of Haiti and San Domingo. Parts i.-iii. 



Day. Fishes of Great Britain. Parts ^■iii., ix. (completed). 



Distant. Rhopalocera. Part vii. 



Dresser. Meropidae. Parts i.-iii. 



Edwards. Butterflies of North America. Part xii. 



Encj'clopfedia Britannica. Vols, xvi., xvii. 



Fischer. Manuel de Conchyliologie. Fasc. vii. 



Fol. Eecueil Zoologique Suisse. Tome I. Parts 2-4. 



Gerlach. Beitrjige zur Morphologie und Morphogenie. Part i. 



Godman and S. Ivin. Biologia Centrali- Americana. Zoology, Parts 



xxviii.-xxxiv. ; Botany, Part xvii. 

 Gould's Birds of New Guinea. Parts xv.-xviii. 

 Grandidier. HLstoire de Madagascar. Vol. i. ; Atlas, part i. fasc. 



8. 

 Greene. Parrots in Captivity. Parts vii.-xvii. 

 Hayek. Handbuch der Zoologie. Baud III. Lief. 1-3. 



