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From the family of the late Sir Richard Owen, k.c.b. — A 

 large number of pamphlets, official documents, drawings of 

 zoological specimens, and natural history papers, of interest 

 to the Museum, or concerning the collections, selected from 

 the papers left by Sir Richard Owen. 



From Charles Tyler, Esq. — An original bust in plaster of 

 the late Dr. J. S. Bowerbank. 



Exchanges. 

 Exchanges of specimens have been made as follows : — 

 Of zoological specimens. — With the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta ; the Otago University Museum ; the Royal Zoolo- 

 gical Museum, St. Petersburg ; Mr. E. Gerrard, Junr. ; Mr. 

 W. Taylor ; Mr. P. Dautzenberg ; and with Mr. D. J. 

 Adcock. 



Of fossils and casts of fossils. — With Professor F. Loewin- 

 son-Lessing, of Dorpat University ; Professor A. Pavlow, of 

 Moscow University ; Mr. B. Sturtz ; Professor F. Schmidt, of 

 the Imperial Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg ; and with 

 Madame A. Pavlow. 



Of minerals and meteorites. — With the Manchester Museum, 

 Owens College ; and with the Natural History Museum, 

 Paris. 



Duplicates. 



Several additions have been made to the list of institutions 

 to receive duplicate specimens of natural history ; and grants 

 have been made to the Oxford Museum (zoological specimen) ; 

 the Indian Museum, Calcutta (minerals) ; and to Baron 

 Nordenskiold, for the Riks Museum, Stockholm (meteorite). 



Catalogues and Guide-Boohs. 



The following Cataloi^ues have been published during the 

 year : — 



Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum : — Vol. XXI. 

 Catalogue of the Columbse, or Pigeons, by T. Salvadori. 

 Pp. xvii., 676 ; 15 coloured plates, [With Systematic and 

 Alphabetical Indexes.] 8vo. 11 10s. 



Vol. XXII. Catalogue of the Game Birds {Pterocletes, 

 Gallince, Opisthocomi, Hemipodii), by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. 

 Pp. xvi., 585: 8 coloured plates. [With Systematic and 

 Alphabetica Indexes.] 8vo. 11. 6s. 



Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural 

 History). Vol. I., containing the families Typhlopidse, 

 Glauconiidfe, Boidse, IlysiidcB, Uropeltidse, Xenopeltidse, and 



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