378 repoet op the committee. 



" On the Larger Lepidoptera, observed near the mouth of the 

 Tyne," by Mr. Wassermann. 



" On an Eagle Ray, from Culler coats" by Mr. Joseph Wright. 



A specimen of the Crane {Grus cinerea), shot near the Tees, has 

 been presented to the Society by Mr. John Robson, "West Hartle- 

 pool. This is the first recorded capture of the Crane in our 

 district, 



Mr. H. H. Slater, Riding Mill, has presented the leg bones 

 and part of the pelvis of a Dodo. 



A Peruvian mummy was received, a few days since, from Mr. 

 James Stoddard, Backworth. 



The late Mr. Albany Hancock's collections of Tunicata, Ce- 

 phalopoda, and Clionce, also a number of Marl -Slate Fishes, 

 have been presented to the Society by the Misses Hancock. 



The Society has acquired, by purchase, Mr. Atthey's collection 

 of Fossil plants, numbering about three hundred specimens. 



A fine skeleton of Dinornis crassus has been received from the 

 Otago Museum, New Zealand, in exchange for Carboniferous 

 and other fossils. 



