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secretaries' report. 



" Three corresponding or honorary members — Dr. Bannister, 

 Mr. Hearle Rodd, and Mr. Wareing Ormerod — have shown the 

 interest they feel for the Society by kindly presenting to the 

 library a copy of their respective vrorks — * A Glossary of Cornish 

 Names;' * A List of British Birds, as a Gnide to the Ornithology of 

 Cornwall ; ' and ' A Classified Index to the Quarterly Journal of 

 the Geological Society.' 



"A zealous naturalist of the north of England, Mr. George 

 Tate, has kindly given a copy of his work on the ' Geology, Botany, 

 and Zoology of the Neighbourhood of Alnwick;' and the Rev. F. 

 E. Anthony, m.a., has presented Part II. of Roscoe's edition of 

 Kirchoff's ' Researches on the Solar Spectrum.' 



''Mr. Spence Bate, Mr. Hoarder, and Mr. F. H. Balkwill, have 

 severally shown their regard for the Institution by giving the 

 botanical portion of the 'Journal of the Linnean Society,' the 

 'South Devon Monthly Museum,' and a work on the 'Comparative 

 Anatomy of the Teeth.' 



"There have been purchased during the past year 'Jeffrey's 

 Conchology ' (vol. 5, to complete a set), ' Darwin's Plants and 

 Animals under Domestication,' 2 vols., ' Owen's Comparative 

 Anatomy ' (vol. 3, to complete a set), ' Dr. Masters's Vegetable 

 Teratology' (the volume of the Ray Society for 1869), and 

 ' Hosack's Mary Stuart and her Accusers.' 



"The Librarian regrets to say, that his endeavours to recover 

 missing volumes have not been so successful as he could wish, as 

 the following list of books that are still missing will show : — 



American Journal of Science, vols. 39, 40 (1865). 



Aristotle's History of Animals. 



Bellamy's Natural History of South Devon. 



British Association Reports for 18i4, 1848, 1851, 1852. 



Cambridge Philosophical Transactions, vol. 2. 



Chevreul on Colour. 



Encyclopedia Britannica, vol. 3 and 7 of Supp. 

 Farrar on the Origin of Language. 

 Heyne's Homer, vol. 1. 

 La Place's Theoric des Probabilities. 

 Lindley's Botany. 



Linnean Society Transactions, vol. 9. 



Magazine and Annals of Natural History, vol. 16, second series. 

 Rig Veda. 

 Reed's Chemistry. 

 Schelister's History of Music. 



