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in the collections of Mr. Nevill and of the British Museum. Mr. Nevill has now, with 
singular liberality, presented his almost unique specimen to the Geological Survey collection. 
The specimen is small, only weighing 6'5 grains. 
In the previous number (p. 39), when noticing the addition of the specimen from 
Pultusk, I had only received the early intimation of the fall, when it was supposed that 
not more than three or four pieces had fallen. Subsequent research has shown that the 
number of separate stones, the majority of them being perfectly crusted on all sides, exceeded 
even a thousand 11 A perfect shower of meteorites 1 
DONATIONS TO MUSEUM, &c. 
A series of bones of various parts of the Solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria, Gmel.) from 
Rodriguez Island, by Edward Newton, Esq., Auditor General, Mauritius, through 
Geoff. Nevill, Esq. 
Specimen of Meteorite which fell at Perth, Scotland, on the 17th of May 1830, by 
Wm. Nevill, Esq., Godaiming. 
Two specimens of roofing slates from Chamba quarries, by Captain J. P. Turton, 
4th Goorkas. 
ACCESSIONS TO LIBRARY. 
From 1st July 1868 to 30th September 1868. 
Titles of Books. Donors. 
Beddome, Captain R. H.—The ferns of British India, Pt. XX, 4to., Madras, 1868. 
Binnet, Wm. G., and Tryon George, W. J.—The complete writings of Constantine 
S. Rafinesque on recent and fossil Concholog-y, 8vo., New York, 
1864. 
Bourguignat, M. J. R.—Etudes geologique et palseontologique des hauts plateaux de l’Atlas 
entre Bog-liar et Tibaret, 4to., Paris, 1868. 
Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1863, compiled and published by the Royal Society 
of London, Yol. I, A—Clu, 4to., London, 1867, 
Cuyper, M. Ch. De. —Revue universelle des mines, do la Metallurgie, des Travaux publics, 
des sciences et des arts appliques a lTndustrie, Tom. XXII, 5, 6, 
XXIII et XXIV, Liv. 1, 2, 8vo., Paris, 1868. 
Dana, J. D.—A system of mineralogy: descriptive mineralogy, comprising the most recent 
discoveries, 5th edition, 8vo., New York, 1868. 
Davis, J. B.—Thesaurus eraniorum, Catalogue of the skulls of the various races of man, 
8vo., London, 1867. 
Dawson, J. W.—Acadian Geology. The geological structure, organic remains, and mineral 
resources of Nova S.cotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward 
Island, 2nd edition, 8vo., London, 1868. 
Dollfus-Ausset. —Materiaux pour l’etude des glaciers, Tom. I, P. 2, 3. Roy. 8vo., Paris, 
1865-68. 
Dove, H. W.—Der Schweizer Fon; Nachtrag zu ‘ Eiszeit, Fohn und Scirocco,’ 8vo., Berlin, 
1868. 
Erdmann, A.—Sveriges geologiska Undersokning, 22, 23, 24 and 25, 8vo., with maps, 
Stockholm, 1867. 
Gerstaeckeh, Dr. A.—Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt 
in Wort und Bild., Bd. Y, Lief. 6., 8vo., Leipzig and Heidelberg, 
