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subjects of my reports in such detail as was formerly my custom, and also my prac- 

 tice of embodying the substance of them in another form — as opportunities arose 

 for treating on the different groups of animals they referred to, have conduced to 

 occasion a very long suspension of their publication, which I trust will be in part 

 remedied by that of a catalogue of the rich collection of Vertebrata now in the 

 Museum. A brief summary notice of the objects presented to the Society during 

 the past month, with the names of the several donors, is all that is now required 

 of me, and as much as can be conveniently given on the present and similar occa- 

 sions. 



I have to acknowledge the receipt of a large case of specimens, despatched from 

 London by Mr. Bartlett, and containing collections presented by several gentlemen 

 to the Society, with the view both of assisting my researches, and some of them in 

 return for specimens which I have formerly sent away on behalf of the Society. 

 To Mr. W. Davison, proprietor of the Alnwick Museum, our thanks are espe- 

 cially due, for a very rich collection of British mammalia and birds, comprising 

 various species that T greatly wanted, and some of considerable rarity. Among the 

 mammalia are fine specimens of Ccrvus elaphus (imperfectly mature male), C. dama 

 (remarkably fine), and C. capreolus (female) ; also an albino specimen of the com- 

 mon Seal (Phoca vitulina), an Otter {Lutra vulgaris), &c. &c. ; with 112 specimens 

 of British birds, for the most part in excellent order. 



Mr. Kiitland, of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, has also favored us with 50 

 species of British birds, comprising some that were very acceptable. 



Mr. H. E. Strickland has presented a valuable labelled collection of mammalia, 

 birds, reptiles, and shells, containing among the first Rhinolophus hipposideros and 

 Vespertilio pipistrellus, among the third a nearly complete series of British rep- 

 tiles, and 123 species of British shells, in general showing the progress from youth 

 to maturity, and comprising many specimens of the great majority of the species. 

 The birds consist, for the most part, of generic types, and are therefore of especial 

 value, more particularly as they comprehend various rare species that had long been 

 desiderata with me, from continental Europe, North and South America, Africa, 

 Australia, and even Northern Asia. 



Mr. Bartlett, in packing the above collections, added several interesting species 

 from his own stores, as particularly some fine examples of the smaller British mam- 

 malia, a skull of the European Bos taurus, &c. 



Dr. Stewart, of H. M. 50th Regiment, has sent from Allahabad, various reptiles 

 and fishes preserved in spirit, and living specimens of Aquila falvesccns, Po- 

 liornis teesa, Urrua bengalensis, and U. umbrata. 



Mr. E. O'Rylcy, of Amherst, various reptiles, fishes, and insects, preserved in 

 spirit. 



Captain Wall, of the ' Tenasserim' S. V., a remarkably fine specimen of the 

 ' Tokke Lizard of the Tenasserim Provinces (Platydactylus Duvaucelei.) The 

 range of this species extends northward into Arracan and Assam. 



