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THE NORFOLK AND NORWICH MUSEUM. 
rare species. The West Australian Owl, Spiloglaux ocellata, was 
obtained from the authorities of the British Museum, who exchanged 
it for some birds in his own collection. The fourth species was 
Scops elegcms, from the Loo Choo Islands.” 
Tlie collection of Eggs again received some valuable additions 
from Professor Newton and Mr. Gurney, and a number of Sterna 
of British birds, and a nest of the Hawfinch, taken at Weston, 
Norfolk, were presented by the Honorary Secretary, Mr. Stevenson. 
To the Geological collection a most extensive and valuable 
donation has been made by Alfred F. Buxton, Esq., being a cabinet 
containing 2590 geological specimens, including 865 specieS) 
ranging from the Silurian to the Norwich Crag formation, collected 
by his brother the late Eev. F. A. Buxton. To this has since been 
added, by the same donor, a glazed wall case, for fossils, 6 feet 
6 inches high, 18 inches deep, and 10 feet long. The subscribers 
are also indebted to Colonel Feilden for a very interesting collection 
of Palaeolithic and Neolithic implements of different types found in 
this county. 
In the death of the late Mr. John Gurney the Museum has lost 
one of its most liberal supporters, and one to whom an appeal in 
aid of its funds was never made in vain ; his' last offer being the 
munificent gift of £5000 towards the expense of converting the 
Norwich Castle, which had recently become the property of the 
Corporation, into a receptacle for the valuable collections contained 
in the Museum. 
