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Also a specimen of Fumaria occidcntalis, Pugsley, contributed 
by Arthur Bennett. 
Geology. —The Honorary Curator reports that during the 
past year that Herr Dr. Pfarrer Engel has presented to the 
Museum a collection of Muschelkalk fossils; also some 
Tertiary fossils from Germany. 
The following specimens have been lent from the collection : 
Cretaceous Limas , to Hy. Woods, F.G.S. 
Ammonites from the Kelloway Rock, to Miss Healey ; and 
7 bivalves from the Cornbrash, to Prof. Blake. 
The following specimens have been figured by Mr. Woods : 
Lima intermedia , Lima canalifera , Lima semiornata. 
No specimens have been added to the Yorkshire Geological 
collection. 
Ornithology. —The Honorary Curator for the Ornithologi¬ 
cal Department reports that during the past year, Mr. Chubb 
(of the British Museum) finished his examination of our 
collection of Foreign Birds, and his determination of the 
species contained in it. It was decided that the best way of 
utilising the collection, with the small amount of space at our 
disposal, was to arrange the birds so as to illustrate Geographi¬ 
cal Distribution. 
The six well-known provinces of Dr. Sclater were adopted 
as forming a simple and intelligible division, and one that 
accorded with the majority of elemental'}’ text books dealing 
with the subject. 
A general introductory label, illustrated by a tinted map, 
has to be set up, and the birds of the Australian Region have 
been selected and arranged, and the task of labelling them has 
been commenced. It is hoped that before long the whole 
series will be arranged and furnished with descriptive labels 
on the same lines. 
We h ave also had a series of skins presented by the Depart¬ 
mental Curator, representing the Shrike family throughout the 
world and several of their near allies. Although not by any 
means complete as to the species known to science, the collec¬ 
tion is a large and line one, and contains many rarities, such 
