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now been united and placed in the upper room of the Hospitium. 
Although necessarily imperfect, they seem to give an idea of 
the bold and rich style which characterized this specimen of 
Roman art. 
The Map recently published by our Associate, Mr. R. H. Skaife, 
exhibits in a striking manner the growth of our City from 
the simple rectangle of Eburacum, through the mediseval City, 
with its Walls and Bars, to the wide extent of modern York. 
The scale on which it is laid dovm and the distinctness of the 
engraving allow every object of importance to be clearly repre¬ 
sented. By his accurate antiquarian researches the Author has 
been enabled to assign the sites of ancient buildings' long 
swept away, and to restore local names connected with the 
history of the City which have disappeared from modern use. 
The only additions to the Collection of British Ornithology 
have consisted in a pair of British-killed specimens of Pallas’ 
Sand Grrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus), which were purchased 
for the Society at a moderate cost through the kindness of 
Mr. T. H. Allis. This curious bird, an inhabitant of the Steppes 
of Tartary, found its way in considerable numbers to this 
country in 1863, and although it can only be regarded as an 
accidental visitor, the possession of authentic specimens is 
of great importance for the completeness of the Rudston 
Collection. Mr. Read, the Curator of this department, has 
presented to the Society a beautiful Male specimen of the 
Groosander (Mergus Merganser), which has been substituted for 
that formerly in the Collection. 
The Collection of British Mammalia, the formation of 
which was recorded in the Repoii: for 1863, has been emiched 
by the addition of a fine female specimen of the Wild Cat, 
presented by Mr. E. W. Dallas, of Edinbui’gh. Several of the 
smaller Mammalia, chiefiy Bats and Field Mice, have also been 
added to this Collection by Mr. Rudston Read. 
Yery few additions have been made to the general Zoological 
Collection, or to the Entomological and Botanical Collections. 
The Collection of Comparative Anatomy has received one 
of the most magnificent additions ever made to the Museum. 
This is the fine Skeleton of the Moa (Dinornis rohustus),^ 
