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On a Species of Dormouse (Myoxus) occurring in the 
Fossil State in Malta. By A. Leith Adams, M.B., F.G.S. 
With one plate. 
Vou. VI. Part VI. 
On the Osteology of the Cachalot or Sperm-Whale 
(Physeter macrocephalus). By William Henry Flower, 
F.R.S., F.R.C.S., F.L.S., F.G.S., F.Z.S., Conservator of 
the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 
With seven plates. 
On a picture supposed to represent the Didine Bird of 
the Island of Bourbon (Réunion). By Alfred Newton, 
M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. With one plate. 
Vout. VI. Parr VII. 
An account of the Fishes of the States of Central 
America, based on collections made by Capt. J. M. Dow, 
F. Godman, Esq., and O. Salvin, Esq. By Albert Giinther, 
M.A., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.Z.8. With twenty-five 
lates. 
The eighth part of the sixth volume of the ‘'Transac- 
tions,’ which is now in the press, will complete the volume. 
The whole of these works, the published price of which 
amounts altogether to £8 7s. 6d., were delivered to such 
Fellows and other Members as subscribe to the Society’s 
publications for the sum of £1 1s. paid in advance, accord- 
ing to the present regulations on this subject. 
In order to give better accommodation to the stock of 
publications, and to afford facilities for their more regular 
issue, it has been found necessary to increase the space 
upon the ground-floor of the Society’s Office. This has 
been accomplished by the erection of a new room at the 
back at a cost of £107 8s. 1d., which sum is charged to 
the extraordinary expenditure of the past year. 
3. LiBpRARY. 
The sum of £291 16s. 11d. has been devoted to the 
purchase of new zoological works for the Library during 
the past year. ; 
Besides these additions, the Society’s Library has re- 
ceived, since the last Anniversary, Transactions and Pro- 
ceedings from the following Institutions :— 
