8 
REPORT OF 
considerable addition has been made 1 to the splendid dona¬ 
tions of American zoology acknowledged in the last Report. 
Among the accessions to the geological part of the Museum, 
may be remarked the remains of the pterodactyle from the 
quarries of Stonesfield, 2 and a beautiful suite of shells from 
the tertiary beds in the vicinity of Paris . 3 Nor have the 
Yorkshire contributions been deficient either in number 
or interest. The large donation 4 of fossils from the moun¬ 
tain limestone of Craven is the more valuable, because 
it helps to supply one of the most defective parts of 
the Society’s collection ; and Mr. Smith’s present of a 
geological map of the country round Scarborough, 
has the merit of displaying in a striking degree the 
minuteness and accuracy of investigation which accompany 
the enlarged and comprehensive views of this admirable 
geologist. The Council have again to acknowledge the 
liberality of the Curator of the Library , 3 in meeting a vote 
of money for the purchase of books, with a contribution 
from his own purse ; and they have the gratification of pre¬ 
senting a long list of donations in that important department, 
not a few of which are rare and valuable, and of pointing 
out to the attention of the Meeting the increased number of 
presents from eminent authors and distinguished public 
institutions. Among these presents, the most interesting is 
the work on the ruins of St. Mary’s Abbey, to the illustration 
of which the labors of this Society have so largely contri¬ 
buted. Two hundred copies have been received from the 
Society of Antiquaries, a part of which have been already 
distributed among the members of the Society and the 
1 By S. Stapylton, Esq. 
2 Presented by Dr. Daubeny, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Oxford. 
8 Presented by Mrs. Murchison, * By Mr. Kirby. 5 Eust. Strickland, Esq. 
