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REPORT OF THE 
Botany. —In carrying out the recommendation of the 
Council, the Hon. Curator begs to acknowledge the assistance 
of the Rev. W. A. Briggs; also a donation of plants from 
T. Johnson, Esq., Royal College of Science, Dublin. 
During the year (1905) one hundred Continental plants, 
also three hundred British plants have been placed in the 
Garden. 
The donations to the Herbarium will be found on page 32, 
and consist of some interesting Rubi from (No. Hants.) V.C. 
12., collected and presented by the Rev. William L. W. Eyre. 
Geology. —The Hon. Curator reports that a collection of 
Jurassic fossils, chiefly ammonites, has been presented by 
Herr Dr. Pfarrer Engel, which will be very useful for comparison 
with the Yorkshire specimens. Mr. Allenby, Junr., has pre¬ 
sented 2 fossil plants and a Gryphea. 
The following specimens have been figured in the Paleonto¬ 
logical Society :— 
Monograph, by Hy. Woods, M.A., F.G.S. 
Oxytoma cornueliana d’orb, from Speeton. 
Gervillia linguloides Forbes from the Lower Greensand. 
Rev. J. F. Blake, M.A., F.G.S., has also figured Strophodiis 
riganxi Sauvage, from the Cornbrash of Scarbro’. 
No fossils have been purchased by the Society. 
Ornithology. —The Hon. Curator states that all the De¬ 
partment is in good order. Several fresh skins have been 
added during the past year, but nothing that calls for any 
special mention. In connection with this Department, it may 
be mentioned that an out-door Aviary has been put up in the 
Gardens, in which it is proposed to keep all the British Finches, 
and it is hoped that these will be a source of considerable 
interest to members of the Society. 
Zoology and Comparative Anatomy.— Through the kind¬ 
ness of the Hon. Curator, Dr. Tempest Anderson, a fine 
skeleton of the White Whale or Beluga has been added to the 
collection. This animal was shot in the river Ouse, near 
Naburn, on April 1st, 1905. It was a female, 11 ft. in length, 
and weighed 10 cwt. The fine collection of British Mammal 
