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(By W. G. WALLACE, Hon. Curator.) 



In Vol. V. (1913-1914) of the Proceedings was published an 

 account by Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., D.Sc, F.L.S., of the 

 Society's scientific possessions. Since that time several valuable 

 collections and many specimens have been acquired, and much 

 work has been done in naming, arranging, and cataloguing them. 

 The following is a brief statement of the scientific material now 

 available for the use of members, or which will become so when 

 suitable accommodation can be provided. 



Geological. The principal item under this heading is the 

 Dent collection of Barton fossils. This fine series embraces most 

 of the type fossils of the Barton Beds (Upper Eocene), and many 

 other species, and includes specimens of the remains of such ver- 

 tebrate animals as Zeuglodon and Hyopotamus, the former being 

 almost unique in Britain. There are over 130 species of mollusca 

 and 13 species of vertebrates named and catalogued. 



Supplementary to the above is a small collection of Middle 

 Eocene fossils from the Paris basin, mostly named and all well 

 mounted, presented by Mr. R. V. Sherring, F.L.S. 



There is also a considerable amount of more or less unclassi- 

 fied material, from which, when space is available, a small general 

 collection can be formed, embracing fossils representing the chief 

 geological periods, besides specimens of typical rocks and 

 minerals. The important and interesting collection of plant re- 

 mains from the Bournemouth beds must also be mentioned. 



Zoological. The Bailey Collection, comprising over 2,000 

 birds' eggs, besides a number of skins and nests, from all parts 

 of the world, has been carefully and systematically checked, 

 arranged and catalogued by Messrs. W. Parkinson Curtis, F.E.S. 

 and E. Harker Curtis, and is now housed in drawers and cabi- 

 nets in the Society's room. 



The excellent collections of Skulls of British Mammals and 

 of Types of Dentition were prepared and presented to the Societv 

 by Mr. T. B. Goodall, F.L.S., F.R.C.V.S. The skulls repre- 

 sent most of the genera, and many of the species of the smaller 

 British mammals. The collection of Types of Dentition illus- 

 trates the development, structure, and ihe forms of the different 

 types of mammalian teeth. 



The Land, Freshwater and Marine Shells, comprising about 

 500 species, form a good nucleus for a representative collection. 

 There is also a separate series of about 90 British species, which, 

 however, includes only a quarter of the local forms. These col- 

 lections have been named and arranged by Mr. J. R. Edwards. 



