2U0 MR. SOUTHWELL ON ADDITIONS TO THE NORWICH CASTLE-MUSEUM. 
nothing new. The only other thing which calls for remark is, that 
our already grand series of Lammergeyers ( Gi/patitus barhatm) is 
further enriched by an adult shot at Ladak in India, by Captain 
F. Adair, who killed it with a 0'300 rifle, as it was drinking at a 
stream at an elevation of about 17,000 feet.” 
Mr. Gurney has likewise contributed a considerable number of 
eggs of Birds of Prey ; and Lord Walsingham has sent a nest and 
eggs of the Gadwall Duck, taken at Merton, which it is hoped, 
with a pair of old birds, will soon form a prominent object in the 
Museum. 
Conspicuous in the Fish Room is a tine specimen of the Tarpon 
( Megalops tUristsoid.es), the gift of the Earl of Orford, by whom 
it was taken in a river in Florida, in 1894. Lord Orford has also 
placed with the case the rod and line with which he captured this 
monster fish which weighed 140 lbs. 
A very important addition to the Entomological Collection has 
been made through the generosity of Mr. J. B. Bridgman, who has 
presented the whole of his fine series of Hymenopterous Insects, 
perhaps unequalled in extent. It is contained in two cabinets, 
with twenty-six drawers and six boxes ; many of the specimens are 
exceedingly rare, and the whole are beautifully set and arranged. 
Mr. Bridgman has also given a Collection of Works relating to 
Hymenoptera, consisting of thirty-two volumes of printed matter, 
seven volumes of manuscript, and other papers. A collection of 
upwards of 250 specimens of Lepidoptera, from Lake Nyasa, has 
been given by Mr. A. F. Gurney ; and five cases of Lepidopterous 
and other Insects, from Ceylon, by Mr. J. Sancroft Holmes. 
An important addition to the Geological department has been 
made by the presentation by the widow of Mr. S. Y. Wood, Jun., 
of a collection of Tertiary Mollusca, made by the late Mr. S. V. Wood, 
F.G.S., and his son, Mr. S. V. Wood, Jun., of Martelsham, near 
Woodbridge. This important collection, which is contained in two 
large cabinets, is now in course of arrangement. 
There are many other donations which, although of considerable 
interest, it is impossible to mention here, nor does it fall within our 
province to particularise the additions to the Library and Picture 
Gallery, Ethnology, Antiquities, &c., which have been both 
numerous and valuable. 
