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abound * in the older collections, and they required the careful 
sifting which in this volume they have received from Dr. 
Hiibner. 
In the Eeport for 1831 Mr. Wellheloved, as Curator of 
Antiquities, called attention to the desireableness of endeavour¬ 
ing to obtain documents and information illustrating the 
antiquities and topography of Yorkshire as materials for a 
future county history. In pursuance of this suggestion a very 
full list of queries, drawn up by the late Joseph Hunter, 
F. S. A., was circulated throughout the county, but the an¬ 
swers to them were so few that the design was necessarily 
abandoned. The Council have noticed with much satisfaction 
its resumption by the Yorkshire Archaeological Association, 
which has its local seat at Huddersfield, and which has already 
issued four numbers of its Journal, containing valuable con¬ 
tributions to the topography and archaeology of the county. 
Natural History. —The Curator of the Ornithological 
Department reports that according to his suggestion last year, 
he arranged the Strickland Collection of British Birds over the 
Saurian Cases, strengthened the iron railing of that gallery, 
put blinds to keep out the rays of the summer sun, and coloured 
the lower portion of that room, all which expense was defrayed 
by the liberality of Mrs. Trevenan, the donor of this magni¬ 
ficent collection. This alteration has met with the approval of 
our kind benefactress, and has been otherwise received with 
universal satisfaction. 
Insects and Crustacea. —In the Entomological De¬ 
partment of the Museum the work begun last year has been 
carried forward and completed. 
A general Collection, exhibiting the most remarkable forms 
of various orders, and consisting chiefiy of foreign insects, has 
been displayed in the Callery of one of the Geological Booms, 
the cases being protected by lids from the injurious action of 
light. For the names of many of these insects, and also for 
many beautiful examples of Exotic Lepidoptera, the Society is 
* “ Omnino omnibus in Hispaniensibus cautissime est versandum.”—Orelli 1. p. 40. 
