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liEPORT OF 
During the year, the Geological Collection of the Society 
has been considerably enriched. The already line series of Ter¬ 
tiary Organic Remains has been rendered extremely valuable 
to the general student, by a large donation of Sicilian Fossils ; 1 
and still more instructive to the local geologist by the addition 
of a series of specimens from Bridlington Quay, obtained 
from a locality where several of our members had previously 
found indications of a Tertiary deposit, though it is only with¬ 
in the last year that the state of the coast permitted a satis¬ 
factory investigation of it. 2 
A collection of fossils from the mountain limestone of the 
N. W. of Ireland, received from Lord Cole, has been found 
of great value for the laborious comparison of Organic forms 
from different localities on which Professor Phillips has 
been lately occupied in order to complete his Work on the 
Geology of Yorkshire. The Second Volume of that Work is 
now passing through the press, with very numerous drawings 
of fossils, maps, and sections, and thus labours which have 
continued through all the period of the existence of this 
Society will terminate in the fulfilment of one of its earliest 
recommendations, having for its object the illustration of the 
interior structure of a county remarkably rich in geological 
interest. 
The Zoological collections have been augmented by 
several contributions of British and Foreign Birds and Qua¬ 
drupeds, some of them extremely valuable; large additions 
have also been made to the cabinets of shells ; some Foreign 
Insects have been presented, and many more will be received 
so soon as suitable cabinets can be prepared. Useful additions 
have been made to the British Crustacea and other invertebral 
1 Presented by J. Ingham, Esq. 
2 George Lloyd, Esq. gave permission for excavations to be made 
in the cliff under the direction of the Rev. J. Graham. 
