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VII. — A cquisitions. 

 A. — By Bequest. 



A selected series of about 4,200 fossils collected by the 

 late Miss Caroline Birley, including the following important 

 specimens : — 



Post-Tertiary marine Mollusca from Ireland. 



Tertiary Mollusca, Echinoids, and other fossils from 

 Malta, the Canary Islands, and the Mekran coast of 

 Baluchistan. Some of the Mekran specimens are described 

 and figured in Geol. Mag., 1905, pp. 293-310, pis. xvi., xvii. 



A collection of Crustacea, Mollusca, Polyzoa, and Corals 

 from the Cretaceous of Faxe, Denmark. The Crustacea are 

 described and figured in Geol. Mag,, 1901, pp. 486-502, pi. xii. 



Small remains of Fishes and Reptiles from the Upper 

 Cretaceous of Colorado, U.S.A. 



Fossils from the Carboniferous Limestone of the Isle of 

 Man and Northumberland, including Cephalopoda described 

 and figured in the Catal. Foss, Cephalopoda B.M.., part iii. 



B. — By Donation. 



Mammalia. — A restored skeleton of Diprotodon australis 

 from the Pleistocene', Lake Callabonna, S. Australia, com- 

 prising the following parts :~2 humeri, 2 ulnae, 2 radii, 1 left 

 manus, 2 femora, 2 tibiae, 2 fibulae, 1 left pes, 4 segments of 

 sternum, 2 series of caudal vertebrae, 1 first rib, 1 clavicle, 

 and 1 marsupial bone ; plaster casts of skull and mandible, 

 presacral vertebrae, with ribs, left metacarpal V., right 

 manus, right pes, fabella, and right os trigonum, and a 

 marsupial bone. Presented by the Governors of the Public 

 Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of S. Australia, Adelaide. 



Two portions of mandible of Diprotodon australis from 

 Pleistocene river deposits, Queensland. One portion of 

 mandibular ramus of Diprotodon and one portion of maxilla 

 of Nototheriums from the Pleistocene of King's Creek, Queens- 

 land. Presented by G. F. Bennett, Esq. 



A fragment of jaw of Squalodon from the Asphalt Mines, 

 Middle Miocene, Ragusa, Sicily. Presented by Cavalier 

 Ambroise Pare Brown. 



An upper milk-molar and portion of tusk of Mastodon, 

 and upper molar of a Ruminant, from the Red Crag. 

 Presented by Major Moore. 



An upper molar of Mammoth from Gravel Pit at Manuden, 

 Stanstead, Essex. Presented by A. Burls, Esq. 



A tusk and portion of molar of Elephas, from Kempton 

 Park pumping station. Presented by Joseph Francis, Esq., 

 M.Inst.C.E. 



