﻿XXIV 
  rSTTEODUCTION. 
  

  

  Ruff 
  or 
  d 
  Collection. 
  — 
  Fossil 
  vertebrata 
  and 
  plants 
  from 
  the 
  

   Wealden 
  of 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Hastings, 
  purchased 
  from 
  Mr 
  t 
  P. 
  

   Buffordj 
  of 
  Hastings, 
  at 
  various 
  dates 
  since 
  1890. 
  

  

  Tristram 
  Collection. 
  — 
  Fossil 
  fishes 
  from 
  the 
  Cretaceous 
  of 
  Mount 
  

   Lebanon, 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  Eev. 
  Canon 
  H. 
  B. 
  Tristram, 
  F.B.S., 
  

   and 
  obtained 
  by 
  purchase 
  from 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  M. 
  Wright, 
  1865. 
  

  

  Ward 
  Collection. 
  — 
  A 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  fossil 
  fishes 
  and 
  amphi- 
  

   bians, 
  chiefly 
  from 
  the 
  Coal 
  Measures 
  of 
  Staffordshire, 
  purchased 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  John 
  "Ward, 
  of 
  Longton, 
  1894. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  Collections 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  acquired 
  by 
  purchase 
  

   since 
  the 
  Catalogue 
  was 
  printed 
  (October, 
  1895) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Brodie 
  Collection. 
  — 
  A 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  Triassic, 
  Jurassic, 
  and 
  

   other 
  fossils, 
  comprising 
  many 
  type 
  and 
  figured 
  specimens 
  of 
  fishes, 
  

   made 
  by 
  the 
  Bev. 
  P. 
  B. 
  Brodie, 
  M.A., 
  of 
  Bowington 
  Vicarage, 
  

   Warwick. 
  

  

  Davis 
  Collection. 
  — 
  Fossil 
  fishes 
  chiefly 
  from 
  the 
  Yorkshire 
  Coal 
  

   Measures 
  and 
  the 
  Lower 
  Lias 
  of 
  Lyme 
  Begis, 
  comprising 
  many 
  type 
  

   and 
  figured 
  specimens, 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  James 
  W. 
  Davis, 
  

   of 
  Chevinedge, 
  Halifax. 
  

  

  