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Date. Donations. Donors. 



fectly known Animals, in a series of Memoirs, with 

 figures, by John V. Thompson, F. L. S. The Author. 



January. Index to the Historia ConchyHorum of Lister, by L. The Author. 



W. Dillwyn, F. R. S. & F. L. S. ; and by the same 

 Author, a List of Insects, found near Swansea. 

 No. I. New Series, of the Edinburgh Journal of Na- The Editor, 

 tural and Geographical Science, conducted by H. 

 H. Cheek. 

 Nos. 1. & II. of British Oology, by W. C. Hewitson. The Author. 

 June. The Annual Report of the Yorkshire Philosophical The Society. 



Society for 1830, with a List of Members and Con- 

 tributors, 1831. 

 Synopsis Reptilium, or short Descriptions of the Spe- The Author, 

 cies of Reptiles, by John Edward Grey, F. Z. S., 

 F. G. S., &c. &c. 



1831. 



August. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



A Lasso, from South America. R. Wilkie, Esq., 



Ladythorne. 



A Calabash and Basket, from South America. The Mrs. Collinson, 

 Basket made by the inhabitants of Terra del Fuega. Gateshead. 



PURCHASES. 



Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea ) , with one of its Eggs. 



The male and female Birds, with the Nest and Eggs, 



were procured in Lincolnshire. 

 The Egg of the Spoonbill (Plataleu Leucorodia) also 



procured in Lincolnshire. 

 The Golden-eye Duck (Anas Clangula). 

 Two hundred and eighty species of Shells. 

 Forty-five specimens of Alston Minerals. 

 Two specimens of Copper Pyrites, from Cornwall. 

 Fine specimen of Coral. 

 Four specimens of polished Fossil Woods. 



