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" The Museum has received many valuable donations since the last 

 Anniversary, of which the following are the most important : — 



I. British Specimens. 



" Portion of a large Head of the Ichthyosaurus Platyodon ; presented 

 by H. T. De la Beche, Esq., F.R.S. G.S. &c. 



Fossil bones of the Hyaena and other Animals, found in a cave near 

 Maidstone ; presented by John Braddick, Esq. F.G.S. 



Specimens from the Strata between the Chalk, and the Kimmeridge 

 Clay, from the vicinity of Folkstone, the Vale of Wardour, Berk- 

 shire, and other places ; in illustration of a Paper read before the 

 Society j presented by W. H. Fitton, M.D. Pres. G.S. &c. 



Fossils from the ferruginous sandstone of Parham Park, and Pul- 

 borough Mount, and from the lower green-sand of Pulborough ; 

 presented by P. I. Martin, Esq. of Pulborough. 



Additional Fossils of the Oolitic series in Scotland, and Rocks asso- 

 ciated with them ; to illustrate a Paper read before the Society ; 

 presented by R. I. Murchison, Esq. Sec. G.S. F.R.S. &c. 



Specimens of Fossil vegetables from the Northumberland and Durham 

 Coal-Field ; arranged and presented by W. Hutton, Esq. of New- 

 castle-on-Tyne. 



Specimens from Arran, to illustrate their memoir on the secondary 

 strata of that island : — presented by the Rev. A. Sedgwick, Wood- 

 wardian Professor, Cambridge ; and R. I. Murchison, Esq. Sec. 

 G.S. F.R.S. &c. 



II. Foreign Specimens. 



" Specimens of Volcanic Rocks from Auvergne ; presented by G. P. 

 Scrope, Esq. F.G.S. &c. 



A specimen of Apennine Landscape-Limestone from near Placentia ; 

 presented by the Rev. W. Buckland, D.D. F.R.S. and L.S. Pro- 

 fessor of Mineralogy and Geology in the University of Oxford. 



Specimens of Rocks collected during his survey of part of the Straits 

 of Magellan 5 presented by Capt. P. P, King, R.N. 



Specimens of Fossil bones, wood, and shells, from Ava j presented 

 by J. Crawfurd, Esq. F.G.S. 



Specimens and Fossils from Spitzbergen, obtained during the late 

 Northern Expedition ; presented by Capt. Parry, R.N. and Capt. 

 Foster, R.N. 



A series of specimens collected during the late Expedition to the 

 North-west coast of America ■ presented by Capt. Franklin, R.N. 

 and Dr. Richardson. 



III. British and Foreign Specimens. 



" A legacy of recent shells, fossil organic remains, and minerals j left 

 by the late Capt. Apsley, F.G.S. 



l< The Library has been increased by the donation of 49 volumes. 



