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purchased from the executors of the late Sir Philip de Malpas Grey 
Egerton, Bart., M.P., E.R.S. (Trustee Brit. Mus.), in 1882. 
Enniskillen Collection. —A very extensive collection of fossil fishes, 
purchased from the Bight Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen, F.B.S., in 
1882. 
Fox Collection. —An important series of vertebrate fossils, chiefly 
reptilian, from the Wealden of the Isle of Wight, purchased, in 
1882, from the executors of the late Rev. W. Eox, of Brixton, Isle 
of Wight, 
Gardner Collection. —Miscellaneous specimens from the English 
Cretaceous and Eocene, collected by Mr. J. Starkie Gardner, and 
purchased from that gentleman in 1876, 1879, and 1881. 
Gilbertson Collection. —Carboniferous fossils, chiefly from Carboni¬ 
ferous Limestone and Yoredale Rocks of Yorkshire and Lancashire, 
collected by Mr. William. Gilbertson, of Preston, and purchased in 
1841. 
Haberlein Collection. —Eossils from the Lithographic Stone of 
Bavaria, purchased from Dr. Carl Haberlein, of Pappenheim, in 
1862. 
Harford Collection. —A miscellaneous collection, comprising nume¬ 
rous remains of fossil fishes from the Chalk of Kent and the English 
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Tertiaries, purchased from Mr. E. Harford, of South Norwood, in 
1888. 
Harris Collection. —Eossils from the Kentish Chalk, collected by 
the late Mr. Harris, of Charing, purchased in 1881 from Prof. Rupert 
Jones, E.R.S. 
Hoi'ne Collection. —Eossil teeth of Elasmobranch fishes from the 
Yoredale Rocks of Wensleydale, Yorkshire, purchased in 1885 from 
Mr. William Horne, of Leyburn. 
Johnson Collection .-—Eossils from the English Lias, collected by 
Dr. J. R. Johnson, of Hot Wells, Bristol, and purchased in 1845. 
Mantell Collection. —A large and important collection, mainly 
comprising specimens from the Cretaceous of the South of England, 
acquired in two portions. The first portion was purchased in 1838 
from the late Dr. Gideon A. Mantell, E.R.S., and the second from his 
executors in 1853. 
Sharp Collection. —A series of specimens chiefly from the Jurassic 
of “Northamptonshire, purchased in 1876 from Mr. Samuel Sharp, of 
Dallington Hall, Northamptonshire. 
Slocme Collection. —Purchased from the executors of Sir Hans 
Sloane, Bart., E.R.S., of Chelsea, in 1753. 
