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REPORT OF THE 
This continued growth of the Library renders an increase of 
the present accommodation urgently necessary. 
Conchological Department. —The Honorary Curator is 
very glad to he able to report that owing to the liberality of 
Mr. William Deed, a wish expressed some time ago with regard 
to this department is about to be fulfilled. 
The foreign shells have hitherto occupied a very unsuitable 
position, and have also been very much cramped. Mr. Deed 
has therefore offered to place hanging cases in the Tertiary 
Doom, where the recent shells can be exhibited with ample 
space for an adequate display, and will also be placed in their 
proper geological sequence. 
The department has received some additional species during 
the year presented b} r the Honorary Curator, w r ho hopes to add 
more largely to the collection as the rearrangement is proceeded 
with. 
Department of Insects and Crustacea.— The Collections 
have not received any additions during the year with the 
exception of a series of Land Crabs presented by A. Ball, Esq. 
By the erection of new Shell Cases more space will be 
available for exhibiting Crustacea and Lepidoptera, and the 
entire rearrangement of those collections should be undertaken 
after that of the Foreign Shells has been completed. 
Ornithological Department. —During the past year a 
number of specimens of scarce birds have been added to this 
department, both by purchase and by presentation, and cased 
along with some of our old ones to form the nucleus of a fresh 
collection of British Birds. 
The majority of those birds remaining in the “ Dudston ” 
and “Strickland” Collections are found to be in very poor 
condition, and unfortunately lack any data whatsoever. 
Already 50 cases have been prepared and placed in the 
“ Strickland Gallery,” and a number of others will shortly be 
ready for exhibition. 
Among the specimens recently purchased are an excellent pair 
of Sand Grouse (Syrrhapte* Paradoxus) taken at Spurn Point 
