X. 
REPORT OF THE 
Antiquities. —The death of the famous Curator has proved, 
as was expected, an irreparable loss to this Department, and 
has caused a practical standstill in its work. The only acqui¬ 
sition made which deserves notice here is a series of Roman 
remains, chiefly Pottery, from Filey (Carr Naze) including a 
remarkably fine Urn of slip-work Pottery, obtained for us by 
Mr. Boynton, through the kind permission of Mrs. Firman. 
These fragments, together with the roughly-carved stumps of 
Pillars now in the Crescent, are the only Roman Antiquities 
ever found at Filey, and on their discoveiy rests the conjecture 
that Filey was the Roman “ Praetorium"—an hypothesis which 
has been fiercely disputed, but about \\ hich the last word has 
perhaps yet to be said. 
Geology. —The most important addition to this Department 
is a very fine collection of Muschelkalk fossils, presented by 
our honorary member, Dr. Pfarrer Engel. This very valuable 
series contains many rare species from a formation which does 
not occur in Great Britain. The other fossils presented during 
the year are acknowledged in the list of donations. 
Comparative Anatomy. —This Department has received no 
accessions during the past year except an albino mole from 
Flintshire. The collections are in good order and preservation, 
but the arrangement leaves much to be desired. The Society 
possesses ample material for a useful and instructive series 
illustrative of the Comparative Osteology of the Mammalia, 
and the Curator looks forward to the time when such a series, 
fully and descriptively labelled, may be arranged in the 
galleries of the Museum. A series of this nature is of far 
more use than any hap-hazard collection, however rich the 
latter may be in good specimens. 
Ornithological Department Report. —Among the more 
important additions to the Bird Collection during the past year 
are the following :—A fine female example of the Barred 
Warbler, which was shot in a garden near to Hull, and was 
purchased for the Museum. Three Birds shot in Wensleydale 
have been presented by Lord Bolton, viz., Leach’s Petrel, 
