THE COUNCIL. 
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display of Mammalia, Reptiles, and Fishes, Foreign and 
British Insects, Shells, Corals, and Crustacea C 
That Museum is now completed, upon a plan which appears 
calculated to combine an admirable illustration of the livincc 
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wonders of nature, with a correct general arrangement, and 
to afford the means of an enlarged and truly scientific con¬ 
templation of the animal kingdom. The Committee to whom 
this arduous and responsible duty was assigned, have per¬ 
formed their work to the entire satisfaction of the Council, 
and, they hope, to the general approbation of the Members ; 
and so effectually have they been aided by the liberality 
of the Subscribers, that they have not required from the 
Society any further grant than the sum placed at their dis¬ 
posal by the last Annual Meeting. The old cases removed 
from this room are destined to furnish the Council Room, 
Laboratory, and other apartments, and thus, in consequence 
of one great exertion, the Society is relieved from the most 
serious of all embarrassments, that of receiving valuable gifts 
which could not be made useful. 
To the Antiquarian collections no very considerable 
additions have been made during the past year. Some valua¬ 
ble presents in this department of the Museum have however 
been received. To Mr. Elsley, and Mr. Graham, the 
Museum is indebted for specimens of Roman gold. Mr. 
D. F. Markham has filled up some chasms in the series 
of Roman family coins ; and Mr. Davies has increased 
the store of Roman and Saxon relics before obtained from 
the removal of a part of the rampart, and various excava¬ 
tions in the city. 
These collections will soon be placed more favourably for 
1 A catalogue of the species wanting to complete the series of 
British Birds will be found in page 9. 
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