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IXTKODUCTION. 
Rufford Collection. — Fossil vertebrata and plants from the 
Wealden of the neighbourhood of Hastings, purchased from Mr. P. 
Eufford, of Hastings, at various dates since 1890. 
Tristram Collection. —Fossil fishes from the Cretaceous of Mount 
Lebanon, collected by the Eev. Canon H. B. Tristram, F.E.S., 
and obtained by purchase from Mr. B. M. Wright, 1865. 
Ward Collection. —A large collection of fossil fishes and amphi¬ 
bians, chiefly from the Coal Measures of Staffordshire, purchased 
from Mr. John Ward, of Longton, 1894. 
The following Collections have also been acquired by purchase 
since the Catalogue was printed (October, 1895):— 
Brodie Collection. —A large collection of Triassic, Jurassic, and 
other fossils, comprising many type and figured specimens of fishes, 
made by the Eev. P. B. Brodie, M.A., of Eowington Yicarage, 
Warwick. 
Davis Collection. —Fossil fishes chiefly from the Yorkshire Coal 
Measures and the Lower Lias of Lyme Eegis, comprising many type 
and figured specimens, collected by the late Mr. James W. Davis, 
of Chevinedge, Halifax. 
