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minerals of that county had been stated, was induced, in conse¬ 
quence, to forward to it a well-chosen series of specimens from 
the Cornish mines, to assist in supplying the defect. 
In Zoology, a specimen of crocodilus acutus presented 
by Mr. Kirlew, of meandrina labyrinthica , by one of the 
Secretaries of the Philosophical Society of Whitby, (Mr. 
Ripley,) of plcicuna sella , by Mr. Brown, and of malleus 
vulgaris , by Mr. Danby, and a selection of fresh-water shells 
by Miss Benett, are worthy of the notice of the Meeting. 
The latter afford an useful comparison with the analogous 
specimens of the north of England, and may contribute to 
clear up the characters of the ill-understood species of fresh¬ 
water mollusca. 
The series of skeletons of British birds, deposited in the 
Museum by Mr. Allis, whether considered in respect to beauty 
of preparation, or utility to the student of ornithology, pro¬ 
mises to be one of the best in England, and continues to be in¬ 
creased by him, from time to time, with equal assiduity and skill. 
The botanical collection has been augmented by a donation 
of living plants from the public garden of Liverpool, and by the 
addition of many species obtained through the liberality of 
Members of the Society, and the exertions of the Sub-Curator, 
Mr. Baines. The herbarium has received three hundred 
dried plants Rom Russia, presented by Mr. Cattley, of St. 
Petersburgh. 
The Society's library 1 has been favoured with the Tran¬ 
sactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, of the Society of 
Arts, of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, and of the 
1 A donation of £.5 has been given by Archdeacon Markham to the 
library, and an annual contribution of c£.l offered, in case a subscription 
should be entered into for the highly desirable object of enlarging the 
number of scientific books. 
