160 ELLESMERE NATURAL HISTORY AND FIELD CLUB. 
specimens have been permanently separated from those of the 
archaeological department, and it has been found advisable to have 
recourse to a systematic arrangement. The geological specimens 
have been left as before in the lower drawers of the mineral 
cabinet, and, as the recent additions have been small and unim¬ 
portant, no steps have been taken towards a proper arrangement; 
but the minerals—of which a good collection already existed, 
mostly the gift of Mrs. Whitfield—have been arranged in the upper 
drawers, though they are not yet completed. They have been 
largely supplemented in the last few months by a number of choice 
specimens from Oteley, and some gold quartz presented by Mr. 
Grosvenor and Miss Wynn, and a good specimen of galena, the gift 
of Mr. A. A. Thompson. There are still a large number of 
specimens requiring sorting and naming, and the curator will be 
glad of assistance from any of the members of the society who may 
be able to give it. 
The Botanical collections have not increased this year so rapidly 
as they have done formerly, a fact to be much regretted, as in this 
department the real active work of the society is best shown. It is 
to be hoped that in the coming season a great improvement may be 
witnessed. 
The Zoological department has perhaps increased the fastest 
during the past year, and a new case has been provided which, when 
completed, will be capable of holding a complete series of specimens 
illustrative of the animal kingdom. A number of corals, madre¬ 
pores, and shells have been added this year, and this department 
has already a very promising appearance. In the special branch 
of Entomology a collection of Swiss Lepidoptera, presented by Mr. 
Alderson, has been arranged separately; and some choice specimens 
from Sierra Leone, the gift of Mr. Hales, have been placed in 
drawers by themselves, but are waiting to be named before being 
finally arranged. The British Lepidoptera are being arranged 
according to the latest system issued by the Entomological Society, 
but are not yet completed. Several additional specimens have 
been added this year. Several reptiles have been given by Mr. 
Cornish, and a skin of an Ornithorhynchus paradoxus has been sent 
July, 1893. 
