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1834. William Marsden, Esq. 
An extensive collection of Oriental Coins. 
1834-64. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson. 
Numerous Egyptian Antiquities, and an extensive Her- 
barium, collected by him in Egypt. 
1834. His Majesty King William IV. 
Statue of Venus ; known as the Venus of the Capitol. 
1835. Major- General Thomas Hardwicke. (By bequest.) 
Printed Books, Correspondence and Papers, on subjects 
of Natural History ; with a collection of Indian Animals. 
1835. Algernon, Baron Prudhoe, afterwards 4th Duke of 
Northumberland. 
Tablet recording Ethiopian campaigns of Amenophis III., 
from Samneh, Nubia ; red granite Lions from Mount Barkal, 
of the reign of the same monarch ; and late Celtic Antiqui- 
ties found at Stan wick, Yorkshire. 
1836-50. Edward, 13th Earl of Derby, K.G., F.L.S. 
Numerous donations of Animals collected by agents em- 
ployed by him in various parts of the world. 
1836-60. Sir Philip de Malpas Grey-Egerton, Bart., M.P., 
F.R.S. 
Chalk Reptile (Dolichosaurus longicollis) ; an extensive 
series of Reptilian remains, including bones of Pterodactyles 
from Stonesfield ; and a Roman Altar found at Chester. 
1836-47. The Hudson's Bay Company. 
A series of the Fur-bearing animals of North America. 
1836-74. John Russell Reeves, Esq. 
His Zoological collections from China ; supplemented, 
after his death, by a series of nearly 5 00 sheets of coloured 
Drawings of specimens in his collection. 
1836. Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk. 
Plants, Fruits, and Woods of British Guiana, with illus- 
trative Drawings ; specimens of Beryl : and Ethnographical 
specimens from Guiana. 
