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On a Raptorial Bird transmitted by Mr. Andersson from 
Damara Land. By J. H. Gurney. With one coloured plate. 
On some Fossil Birds from the Zebbug Cave, Malta. 
By W. K. Parker, .R.S. With one plate. 
Several other communications of great interest, from 
Prof. Owen, Prof. Huxley, Mr. Busk, and Mr. Flower, 
have been received, and will occupy the succeeding Parts 
of the sixth volume of the Society’s Transactions. 
A new and revised edition of the list of Vertebrated 
Animals in the Society’s Gardens is in the press, and will 
shortly be issued at the price of 2s. to the public, and 1s. 6¢. 
to Fellows and other Members of the Society. 
3. Lrprary. 
The expenditure of the past year in relation to the 
Society’s Library amounted to £219 15s. 7d., which was 
principally devoted to the purchase of new zoological books 
and binding. 
Besides the purchased additions, the Society’s Library 
has received, since the last Anniversary, Transactions and 
Proceedings from the following Institutions :— 
ENGLAND. 
The Royal Society, London. 
The Linnean Society, London. 
The Royal Geographical Society, London. 
The Geological Society, London. 
The Royal Institution of Great Britain. 
The Royal Horticultural Society, London. 
The Photographic Society, London. 
The Royal United Service Institution. 
The Society of Arts. 
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain. 
The Royal Agricultural Society of Great Britain. 
The Royal College of Surgeons, London. 
The Pharmaceutical Society. 
The Entomological Society, London. 
The Royal Society of Literature. 
The British Association for the Advancement of Science. 
The Royal Institution of Cornwall. 
The Literary and Philosophical Society of Leeds. 
The Manchester Free Library. 
The Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. 
