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preserved in formalin, and including some rare Petrels from 

 the Kermadec Islands, Cormorants from the Macquarie, 

 Tamaki, and Auckland Islands, and other valuable specimens. 

 From Colonel G. Rippon. — GOO specimens of birds (including 

 six new species) obtained by him during the previous cold 

 season in the highlands of Yun-nan, Western China. 



From Mr. F. DuCane Godman. — A further consignment of 

 1,913 specimens of Butterflies of the order Satyridce, from 

 his collections of Old World insects. 



From Mr. H. J. Elwes. — 3,814 specimens of Satyridce, of 

 the Holarctic region, being a selection of all the specimens 

 from Mr. Elwes's collection required to complete the Museum 

 series. 



From Mr. Hormusji Dinshaw. — A series of marine shells 

 from Aden, collected by Captain E. R. Shopland when Port 

 Officer there a few years ago, and consisting of 1,071 speci- 

 mens, representing about 630 species. The collection is 

 notable as being the most complete set of shells from Aden 

 hitherto obtained. 



From Mrs. Comber. — A collection of Diatoms, made by her 

 husband, the late Thomas Comber, and consisting of 2,926 

 microscopic slides, 2,225 photographs, 517 prints, 52 cases 

 of MS. descriptions, eight boxes of deposits and muds, and 

 38 tracts. 



From the Royal Commission for the Western Australian 

 Exhibition held at the Royal Exchange. — Specimens of native 

 gold and tellurides of gold from Western Australia. 



Exchanges and Gifts of Dwplicate Specimens. 



Exchanges of duplicate specimens have been made with a 

 number of individuals and institutions. 



Grants of zoological specimens have been made to the 

 Thames Nautical Training College, H.M.S. "Worcester"; 

 the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art ; Owens College, 

 Manchester ; the Abbey of Maredsous, Belgium ; the Stepney 

 Borough Museum ; the Natural History Museum, Hamburg ; 

 the United States National Museum, Washington; and Mr. 

 E. A. Pease ; — of fossils and casts of fossils, to the Perth 

 Museum, Western Australia; and Milan Museum; — of zoo- 

 logical and geological specimens, to the La Plata Museum ; 

 — and of zoological specimens, fossils, and minerals, to the 

 Mission College, Tientsin, North China. 



The undermentioned additions have been made to the list 

 of institutions to receive from time to time grants of dupli- 

 cate specimens of Natural History : — Blaenau Festiniog 

 Public Library and Museum ; Grange Higher Grade Board 

 School, Jarrow - on - Tyne ; Plymouth Museum ; Burslem 

 Museum ; and the Museum of the Rhodesia Scientific 

 Association, Bulawayo. 



