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The Museum. 



Grantor or Bromley. Printed demands for ship money, temp. Charles 1.1 

 Two watehes of tho same date. Various medals. Drawing of Sfonehcnge 

 by Speed the historian, temp. Elizabeth. Bronze celt found on Charlton;] 

 Downs, &c., &c. Silver cup and two dishes of good repousse work, of then 

 reign of George I. To the Natural History Section his Lordship was also ail 

 contributor of some well preserved specimens, including a Bittern (Ardea I 

 stellaris), Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola), Goosander (3Iergus merganser),*, 

 Redbreasted Merganser (Merf/us serrator), a pair of short-eared Owls (Strix; 

 brachyotus), pair of Sparrow Hawks and young {Falco nisus), Buzzard (Falco 

 buteo), Peregrine Falcon (Falco per egrinus), a fine specimen of the Grey 

 Phalarope (Phalaropus platyrhynchus) in winter plumage, Nightjar (Capri- 

 mulgns Furopceus), Dotterell (Charadrius morinellus) Polecat (Mustela pulo- 

 rius), Ermine Weasels (Mustela erminea) in winter dress, and a pair of Stoats 

 and young in summer dress. 

 By Lady Pooee : — 



Some fine specimens of old lace, including Venetian and English points, 

 &c, &c. 



By Mrs. E Wickens, The Close :— 



A volume of drawings of various remains of antiquity in Salisbury from the 

 year 1820, and the only record extant of many local antiquities which have 

 disappeared since that date. Models of the old belfry in the Cathedi al yard 

 destroyed by Wyatt in 1789, and the wardrobe House in the Close. Original 

 drawing of a mural painting discovered in St. Thomas's Church, Salisbury, in 

 1819. Flagon presented by Sir Isaac Newton to an ancestor of the ex- 

 hibitor, 



By Miss Dyke, The Close : — 



Mortuary ring with head of Charles T., enamelled and emblems of death on 

 the back. Presentation ring. Specimens of old Venetian point lace. 

 By Mrs. Montgomery : — 



A painting on copper of the Blessed Virgin, of Spanish work. 

 By E. G. Benson, Esq : — 



A large and interesting collection of Greek, Roman, English, and other 

 coins. Also a pair of bronze figures discovered behind a mantlepiece in the 

 Close by the Rev. G. Benson. 

 By the Rev. Stjb-dean Eyre : — 



A very interesting engraving by J. S. Muller, of the interior of Salisbury 

 Cathedral, from a drawing by J. Biddlecomb, 1754. (This engraving shows i 

 the original early English organ-screen, removed by Wyatt in 1789, and a ! 

 large font in the nave.) 

 By the Rev. A. C. Smith : — 



Case containing a handsome pair of the great spotted Cuckoo (Cuculus 

 glandarius), from Africa, and also a pair of the common Cuckoo (Cuculus 

 canorus.) 

 By the Rev. J. J. Scott : — 



Medal, " In piam memoriam Gulielmi III." Bezoar stone, enclosed in 

 an oriental case of gold filigree work. Two specimens of lacquered ware 

 from the East Indies. Indian fan, carved box of sandal wood, and specimen 

 of bead work from North America. 



