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their investigations. Dr. Wheelton Hind has figured speci¬ 
mens of the following species from our collections in his 
monograph on Carboniferous Lamellibranchiata (Publications 
of the Palaeontographical Society)— Pterinopecten dumontianus, 
Pt. radiatus, Ft. granosus, Eumicrotis ovalis, Aviculopecten 
fimbriatus, A. Forbesii, Crenipecten scmicircularis, Amusium 
tenue ; and Mr. H. Woods has figured specimens of the follow¬ 
ing Cretaceous Lamellibranchiata in the same publications— 
Pecten (Neithea) quinqiiecosiatiis and Velopecten Studeri. 
Ornithology. —The usual work of adding separately cased 
specimens to the British Birds had proceeded steadily; several 
skins have also been this year incorporated into the collection. 
The question of the arrangement of the foreign birds has also 
been actively taken up, and the Hon. Curator obtained the 
services of Mr. Chubb, an experienced specialist from the 
British Museum, who spent a week on the examination and 
identification of birds in the collection. Mr. Chubb will shortly 
pay us another visit to complete his work, and the way will 
then be clear for the arrangement of these birds in geographical 
groups as originally contemplated. 
Library. —A great many books have been acquired during 
the year ; some by purchase, but the great majority as don¬ 
ations. The Governments of the United States and of Norway 
have treated us with their usual liberality. The Trustees of 
the British Museum have made most generous donations of 
works on Natural History, but all publications on Archaeology 
are presented to the Free Library. It certainly seems at first 
sight very natural that the claims of a public institution should 
be preferred to those of a semi-private one. But we cannot 
help thinking that a little enquiry into the matter would have 
convinced the authorities at Bloomsbury of the greater wisdom 
of sending reference works on antiquities to the institution in 
whose custody are kept nearly all the antiquities found in the 
city—especially as such works are quite as accessible on our 
shelves to every genuine enquirer as on those of the Free 
Library. 
