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until the completion of a work on the Birds of India, 
which he is now engaged upon. 
Colonel S. R. Tickell has also made a very valuable 
presentation of an original illustrated MS. work, containing 
memoirs on the Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Crus- 
tacea, and Lepidoptera of India, arranged as follows :— 
Mammals, in one folio volume, with 41 plates (illustrating 
49 species). 
Birds, in seven small folio volumes, with 261 plates 
(illustrating 276 species), descriptions of 448 species, and 
5 plates of eggs, containing illustrations of the eggs of 
42 species. 
Fishes, in one folio volume, with illustrations of upwards 
of 300 species. 
Reptiles, Crustacea, and Lepidoptera in one folio volume. 
Besides these additions, the Society’s Library has re- 
ceived, during the year 187: 4, Transactions and Proceedings 
from the following Institutions :-— 
ENGLAND. 
The Royal Society, London. 
Proceedings, vol. xxii. nos, 148-157. 
Philosophical Transactions, vol. clxiii. parts 1, 2. 
The Linnean Society, London. 
Journal (Botany), vol. xiv. nos. 75, 76, 77. 
(Zoology), vol. xii. nos. 57, BB. 
Transactions, vol. xxviii. part 4; vol. xxx. part 1. 
Proceedings, Session 1873-74. 
Additions tothe Library from June 21, 1872 to June 19, 1878 
and from June 20, 1873 to June 19, 1874. 
Obituary Notices, 1873-74, 
The Royal Geographical Society, London. 
Proceedings, vol. xviii. nos, 1-5, 
Journal, vol. xliii. 
The Geological Society, London. 
Journal, vol. xxx. parts 1-4, 
List of Fellows of the Society. 
The Royal Institution of Great Britain. 
Proceedings, vol. vii. parts 2-4. 
List of Fellows. 
