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Ttiesday, May 30th. — TIk- Collections of Birds, formed t\v the 



late Mr. Wtiitelev and the Inte Mr. Hadfield. of Newark. Also 



Bir,;s' Eggs. \c. " 

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Hflics. .Antiquities, Ancient Implements, Arms and Armour, 



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 Tuesday, June 13th. — .A Collection nf Shells, formed by the 



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Spcvinteti^. 



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The follouing .AniniaN can always be supplied either living or 

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Sycon : C'lava, Obelia, Sertularia ; Actinia. Tealia, Carj'ophyllia, 

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 Am'phiporus : Nereis Aphrodite. Arenicola, Lanicc, Terebella ; 

 Lcpas, Balanus, Gammarus, Ligia, Mvsis. Nebalia, Carcinus ; 

 Patella. Buccinum, Eledone, Pecten ; Bu'gula, Crisia, Perdicellina ; 

 Holothuria, Aslcrias. Echinus ; Ascidia.Salpa (preser\cd), Scyllium. 

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LABEL LIST OF THE BRITISH 5-BANDED 

 LAND-SHELLS & THEIR VARIETIES. 



To wliicli is adt-letJ the Rand formulru o^ Helix iiL-iiioralis niiJ 



11. liortensis. Will also serve as an exchangee list. 



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LOUIS'S MI CROSCOPICA L OBJECTS. 



2A Series, Unmounted, of Cleaned Diatoms, 12 tubes in each 

 Seiies, 4s. per Series. 5 Series of 24 Foraminiferous Sands at 

 2s. each. (; Series o^ 24 Microfungi at 2s. each. 7 Series of 24 

 Sections or Woods. 2s. each. 



CLE/\NED UNMOUNTED 

 DI/\T0IV1S. 



Series i.— 4s. per 12 ttiU-s. 

 Aulacodiscus Kittonii. 

 Synedra ulna typica. 

 Prasiez (Hungary. 

 Millbury(Mass. t'.S.A.) 

 Sing Sing- (Hudson River, 



U.S.A.) 

 Cherryficld (Maine. U.S.A.) 

 .St. Saturnin (France). 

 Bain's lower lOaniaru). 

 Bodos (Hungar\ ). 

 Simbirsk (Russia). 

 Licmo)>hora flahellala. 

 .Striatella unipunctata. 



W. WEST, 157 



24 TRANS. SECT. OF WOODS. 



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Pinus pine.'t. 

 Piniis laricio. 

 Pinus montana. 

 OuL-rcus SessiliHorn. 

 Carpinus betuKis. 

 Ulmus cainpestris. 

 Tilia parvitlora. 

 L'li-'matis ^italha. 

 M\rtiis communis. 

 Salix caprea. 

 Platanus orien talis. 

 Populus alba. 

 Etc., etc. 



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TRILOBITES 



From the Upper Silurian of Dudley. 



Pliaiopscaudalus. IS. txl. to 15s. 

 AL-ii.i;is|>is coronata, 2s. to 4s. 

 C'il\nu-nc Blunicnbachii, 5s. to 



iJs. 6d. 



Phacops Douningia:, is. 6d. to ss. 

 Encrinurus variolaris, is. 6d. to 



3s. 6d. 

 HomoKiiiot us. \-.. Cxi. to 7s. 



.-\ few Upper Silurian Ci^inoids, L'or.iN and Bracliiopods, 



Collections to Illustrate Geology aiid Physiography. 



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THOMAS D. RUSSELL, Mineralogist, 

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