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REPORT OF THE 
William Watson^ who got out and cleaned the hones. The 
Honorary Curator of Greology, Mr. Reed, feeling how important 
it was that the Society should possess a well set-up bovine 
skeleton, had the hones sent to London where they were 
articulated by Mr. Cerrard. The skeleton has been mounted 
on a stand and placed opposite to that of “ Blink Bonny.” It 
helps to remedy that lamentable deficiency in the skeletons 
of our commoner Mammalia which the Honorary Curator of 
this department has so often pointed out. A skeleton of 
Bonnet’s Wallaby (Hahnaturus' Bennefii) presented by Mr. 
C. J. Naylor has also been set up and added to the collection. 
The same generous donor has sent us a Bed Kangaroo {Macropm 
rufus), an Antelope and an American Ostrich {Rhea Americana). 
The skeleton of the Kangaroo and that of the Antelope are in 
course of preparation. 
Entomology. —The Coleoptera and the Allis collection of 
Lepidoptera are in good order, but the exotic Lepidoptera are 
in a very unsatisfactory condition. The Honorary Curator 
hopes to be able to devote some time during the coming year 
to improving this part of the collection. A large number of 
the specimens are absolutely useless and will have to be thrown 
away, and the Honorary Curator expresses a hope that dona¬ 
tions will be forthcoming to help him in filling up the gaps 
thus formed. He is also desirous of replacing unlocalized 
specimens by localized ones wherever possible. 
Ornithology.— The work of re-organizing and adding to 
the collection of British Birds has progressed steadily during 
the year and the “ Strickland ” Gallery is now two-thirds filled 
with the new cases. 
Several donations have been made, among which may be 
mentioned a pair of Sabine’s Gulls (adult and immature) shot 
at Flamhorough and kindly presented by Canon Baine, and an 
immature example of the Asiatic Turtle Hove {Tiirtur )'korius) 
shot at Scarborough in the autumn of 1889. The capture of 
this bird was mentioned in the ‘‘Naturalist.” It is the only 
known British example, but it has once or twice occurred in 
other parts of Europe. A fine specimen of the American 
