MINERALOGY. 
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W. Hatfeild, Esq. Bitumen from the Pitch Lake of Trinidad. 
Ditto from near the Havanna. 
Miss Nordiffe. . Specimen of the ashes which overwhelmed 
Pompeii. 
ZOOLOGY. 
VERTEBRATA. 
S. Barber, Esq. A variety of the fieldfare. 
James Backhouse, Esq. Brown Snake from Sidney. 
The Rough Lizard from ditto. 
Native cats, taken from the pouch of their dam, 
from Port Jackson. 
Eggs of the beaded lizard, from ditto. 
Flat-tailed or rock lizard, from ditto. 
Iguana, just hatched from the egg, from ditto. 
Tree frog of New South Wales, with numerous 
lizards, &c. 
Dr. Beckwith . 2 specimens of Tortoise. 
W. J. Farrer, Esq. (Dromonhy 
Hill) .••. A variety of the chaffinch. 
W. Hatfeild, Esq. 33 skins of birds, from Trinidad. 
The bull frog, from Dominica. 
Mr. W. Hardman . Australian stork, from the collection of Mrs. 
Colonel Dumaresq. 
ANNULOSA. 
James Backhouse, Esq. Catterpillars, from Sidney. 
Green centipede, ditto. 
Mrs. W. V. Harcourt. A beetle, from the Brazils. 
MOLLUSCA AND ZOOPHYTA. 
W. Hatfeild, Esq. 2 shells, from the Bermudas. 
Fine specimen of Brain stone. 
R. Ward Jackson, Esq. Loligo sagittalis, from the mouth of the Tees. 
S. Dalton, Esq. . . Various specimens of shells. 
T. Rudd, Esq. Specimens of Auricula myosotis and Turbo 
ulva, from Redcar. 
