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A youDg Rook, with white feathers in each wing, shot at Blaydon- 

 on-Tyne. Mr. Thos. Thompson, Winlaton. 



An Emu's Egg. Mr. Oliver Young. 



A Case of Humming Birds. Mr. T. E. CrawJiall, Condercum. 



A Case of three specimens of the Red Grouse, Tetrao Scottcus. 



Mr. Ralph Carr-Ellison, Dunston Hill 

 Specimens of Young Gannets from the Bass Rock. 



Purchased, per Rd. Howse. 

 Nest of the Long-taQed Tit, Parus caudatus. 



Mr. C. Watson, Dunse. 

 Four small Sharks, from Madras, obtained by Mr. Hancock, 1863. 



Mr. John Hancock. 



1881. A specimen of the Summer Duck (male), Dendronessa sponsa, from 



the Leazes Park. A£r. Wilson. 



Nest of Dipper, taken at Ebchester, April 25, 1878. 

 Nest of Wild Canary, taken at Funchal, Madeira, March, 1881. 



D. Emhleton, Esq., M.D. 

 Skin of Pelican. Mr. M. Atkinson. 



A specimen of the Shieldrake, Anas tadorna. 



Mr. Henry Watson, MilJjield House. 

 Seventy-two Birds' Skins, two Emu's Eggs, and a Snake's Skin, 

 from Australia. D?\ Maclachlan, Higham Place, 



A Skin of the Golden Cuckoo, from South Africa. 



The Ven. Archd. Waters, St. Markh Mission, Transkei, Kaffraria. 

 Two small Tortoises, from Canada, Mr. J. C. Capper. 



1882. Two specimens of Pishes, Malthe vespertilio, from Montserrat, West 



Indies. Mr. Sugh Richardson. 



Egg of the Rhea Americana, laid at Chirton Cottage, North Shields, 



July 17, 1882. Mr. J. F. Spence. 



An American Buzzard. Hon. a7id Rev. W. C. Ellis, Bothal. 



Two Fossilized Eggs, from the Guano Island, Lobos de Alfuera, 



Peru, West Coast of S. America. Mr. W. Charlton, Newgate St. 

 Four Eggs of the Red-legged Partridge, Perdix rubra, from Santas 



Dominiquas, Portugal. Mr. Thos. Warden, Gateshead. 



Seventy specimens of Australian Birds and two Lizards. 



Mr. H. C. Swan. 

 A specimen of the white variety of the Java Sparrow. 



Dr. Page, Saville Place. 



1883. A young, living, Alligator, from New Orleans. 



Capt. Jas. Harney, s.s. " Claridon,'" Blyth. 

 A Hybrid between ^}««s Boschas and Anas acuta, shot near New- 

 castle-on-Tyne, Feb., 1835. 



Bequeathed by the late Sir W, C. Trevelyan, Bart, 



