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INTRODUCTION. 
Mrs. Smith’s Collection. — Possil fishes and reptiles from the Chalk 
of Kent, collected by the late Mrs. Smith, of Tunbridge Wells, and 
purchased in 1878 from her daughter Mrs. Bishop. 
Taylor Collection. — Chalk fossils purchased from Mr. H. W . Taylor. 
Tesson Collection. — A series of specimens from the Jurassic of 
Normandy, purchased in 1857 from the late Mens. Tesson, of Caen. 
Toxdmin-Smith Collection. — Chalk fossils purchased in 1869 from 
the widow of the late Mr. J. Toulmin Smith, of Highgate. 
Van Breda Collection. — This collection comprises numerous re- 
mains of fossil fishes, from the Upper Cretaceous of Maastricht, 
the Eocene of Aix-en-Provence, and the Miocene of Oeuingen, 
Switzerland, and was purchased in 1871 from the executors of the 
late Professor Van Breda, of Haarlem h 
Weaver-Jones Collection. — Possil teeth and fin-s]iines of Elasmo- 
branch fishes from the Carboniferous Limestone of Shropshire, pur- 
chased in 1880 from the executors of the late Mr. Weaver Jones, of 
Cleobury Mortimer. 
Wetherell Collection. — A miscellaneous series of specimens from 
the English Chalk and Eocene, purchased, through the late Mr. J. 
Tennant, from the late Mr. N. T. Wetherell, of Highgate, in 1871. 
Wigham Collection. — Norfolk fossils collected by Mr. Wigham, of 
Norwich, purchased in 1859 from Mr. T. G. Bayfield, of the same 
city. 
Wilson Collection. — A series of teeth of Elasmohranch fishes, 
chiefly from the Upper Carboniferous Limestone of Ticknall, near 
Melbourne, South Derbyshire, purchased in 1887 from Mr. Edward 
Wilson, of Bristol. 
Almost all the Cretaceous fishes from Mount Lebanon mentioned 
in this Catalogue were collected by the Rev. Professor E. 11. Lewis, 
M. A., late of the Syrian Protestant College, Beirut, and were obtained 
by purchase, in several series, from Mr. 11. Damon, of Weymouth. 
Bequests. 
Cowderoy Bequest. — By iliss Cowderoy, about 1854. 
Cracherode Bequest. — By the Rev. C. M. Cracherode, 1799. 
Trevelyan Bequest.— My Sir W. C. Trevelyan, Bart., 1879. 
1 Professor van Breda was son-in-law to Dr. Petrus Camper, the celebrated 
Dutch Anatomist, from whom he inherited much of his collection. Many of 
tlie Oeningen specimens were also collected by Prof. Oswald Heer, of Zuricli. 
