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A SPECIMEN of Dysopes velox, from the Island of Nevis. Presented by Thomas Cottle, Esq.

A PAIR of Roe-Buck's horns, from Scotland.

SKULL and Horns of the Indian Variety of the Gazelle, (Antilope gazella;) Skull of Viverra Rasse; Skull of Mus giganteus; Skull of a Leopard; Horns of an Antelope, and Skulls of two species of Bats, from Madras. Presented by Turnbull Christie, M.D.

SPECIMENS of the Hay-Stack variety of the common Mouse, (Mus musculus,) and of the Harvest Mouse, (Mus messorius,) from the vicinity of London. Presented by William Yarrell, Esq.

FOUR specimens of the smaller Horse-shoe Bat, (Rhinolophus bihastatus,) from Devonshire. Presented by Marshall Hall, M.D.

A PIPISTREL Bat, (Vespertilio pipistrellus,) from Ireland.

Miss Elliot.

Presented by

A LION Monkey; (Midas rosalia ;) a common Sajou; (Cebus apella,) and a Brazilian Opossum, (Didelphis quica,) from Brazil. Presented by Lord Stuart de Rothsay.

A GREY Monkey; (Simia entellus.) Bengal Fox; (Canis Bengalensis.) Indian Ichneumon; (Herpestes griseus.) Two specimens of the Palm Squirrel; (Sciurus palmarum.) Indian Jackal; (Canis Chacal.) Indian Genett; (Viverra Rasse.) Smaller Roussette, (Pteropus medius,) from India. A Musk Shrew; (Sorex Indicus.) Common Tenrec; (Centenes inauris,) and a young specimen, from Madagascar.

A BULL-DOG Bat, (Dysopes,) from Portobello. A specimen of the large Bull-dog Bat, (Noctilio dorsata,) from Para. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty from H. M. S. Chanticleer.

A SPECIMEN of the Lemming Rat, (Mus Lemnus,) from Bergen in Norway. Presented by W. R. Christie, Esq., through W. H. Pepys, Esq.

A PAIR of Humming Birds, (Trochilus Sephanoides,) from Valparaiso. Presented by Dr. Grant.

A SPECIMEN of the Kittiwake Gull; (Larus tridactylus.) Kestril; (Falco tinnunculus.) Common Starling; (Sturnus vulgaris.) Common Gull, (Larus canus,) killed near London. Presented by A. Cooper, Esq., R.A.

A SPECIMEN of the Least Bittern, (Ardea exilis,) from Mexico. Presented by George Hay, Esq.

A SPECIMEN of the Red-back Shrike, (Lanius collurio,) female; Two Snow Buntings, (Fringilla nivalis,) male and female; A King-fisher; (Alcedo ispida.) A Little-Auk; (Alca arctica.) A Golden Plover; (Charadrius pluvialis,) all killed in England. Presented by Nathaniel Engleheart, Esq. THE Egg of a Bird, covered with a peculiar rough, reticulated coat, found in Brazil. Presented by C. I. Carpue, Esq.

SPECIMENS of the green-winged Teal; Ruddy Duck; (Anas rubidus.) Franklin's Grouse; (Tetrao Franklinii.) Wilson's Plover; (Charadrius

Wilsoni.) Black Vulture; (Vultur aura.) Bald Eagle; (Falco leucocephalus.) Purple Grakle; (Gracula quiscala.) Yellow-headed Troupial; (Oriolus ictcrocephalus.) Passenger Pigeon; (Columba migratoria,) and the male and female Cock of the Plains; (Tetrao urophasianellus.) Presented by the Hudson's Bay Company.

A SPECIMEN of Reeve's Pheasant, (Phasianus Reevesii,) which died in its passage from China. Presented by John Reeves, Esq.

Two specimens of the larger Bird of Paradise; (Paradisca apoda,) from New Guinea. A Twelve-eared Paradise Bird; (Paradisca nigricans.) Ocellated Partridge; (Cryptonyx oculea.) Crowned Partridge; (Cryptonyx coronata.) Hunting Crow; (Kitta venatoria,) from India. A SPECIMEN of the Red-backed Butcher Bird; (Lanius rufus.) Alpine Finch, (Accentor alpinus,) and common Bunting, (Emberiza hortulana,) from Genoa; a specimen of Reeve's Pheasant, (Phasianus Reevesii,) from China. Presented by Major-General Thomas Hardwicke. SPECIMENS of the Orange-spotted Falcon; (Falco Bengora.) Radiated Falcon; (Falco radiatus.) Boobook Owl; (Strix boobook.) White-winged Pyrrhocorax; (Pyrrhocorax leucopterus.) Crimson-fronted Parakeet; (Psittacus concinnus.) Spotted Parrot; (Psittacus Matoni.) Cook's Cockatoo; (Psittacus Cookii.) Banksian Cockatoo; (Psittacus Banksii.) Tabuan Parrot; (Psittacus scapulatus.) Frontal Shrike; (Lanius frontatus.) Black-crowned Thrush; (Pachycephalus gutturalis.) Southern Flycatcher; (Pachycephalus australis.) Orange-breasted Thrush; (Pachycephalus pectoralis.) Latham's Finch; (Fringilla Lathami.) Smallest Pippit; (Anthus minimus.) Black-tailed Bee Eater; (Merops melanurus.) Sacred Kingsfisher; (Alcedo sanctus.) Wattled Honey Eater; (Meliphaga carunculata.) Silky Kitta; (Kitta holosericea.) Magnificent Pigeon; (Columba magnifica.) Pied Pigeon; (Columba picata.) White-faced Pigeon; (Columba melanoleuca.) Plain Cuckoo; (Cuculus inornatus.) New Holland Heron; (Ardea Novæ Hollandiæ.) Phillipine Rail; (Rallus Phillipensis.) Bronze-winged Pigeon; (Cobimba chalcoptera.) Smaller Grebe; (Podiceps minor.) Latham's Alectura; (Alectura Lathami.) Lobate Duck; (Anas lobata.) New Holland Shoveller, (Anas rhynchotes,) and two other Birds. Presented by Allan Cunningham, Esq.

SPECIMENS of Ruffed Grouse; (Tetrao umbellus ;) Golden-wing Woodpecker; (Picus auratus;) Tawny Thrush; (Turdus mustelinus.) Hermit Thrush; (Turdus solitarius.) Hairy Woodpecker; (Picus villosus.) Short-billed Jay; (Corvus brachyrhynchus.) Short-eared Owl; (Stryx brachyotus.) Wilson's Plover (Charadrius Wilsoni,) from Canada; Satin Grakle; (Kitta holosericea.) Blue-bellied Parrot; (Psittacus Nova Hollandia.) Blue-cheeked Honey Eater; (Meliphaga cyanotis,) and Orange-speckled Hawk, (Falco Berigora,) from New Holland. Presented by Mrs. Mauger.

A SPECIMEN of the Satin Starling; (Sturnus unicolor.) Pin-tailed Sand Grouse (Pterocles setarius,) and two specimens of the Aragonian Sand Grouse; (Pterocles arenarius,) from Spain. Presented by Capt. Cook, R.N.

A Scops Owl; (Strix scops.) A Passerine Owl; (Strix passerina.) Two Robins; (Sylvia rubecula.) Two Reed Wrens; (Sylvia arundinacea.) Sedge Warbler; (Sylvia phragmitis.) A Nightingale; (Sylvia luscinia.) Black-cap Warbler; (Sylvia atricapilla.) A White Throat; (Sylvia cinerea.) Lesser White Throat; (Sylvia Currucca.) Red Start; (Sylvia phoenicura.) Lesser Petty Chaps; (Sylvia hippolais.) A Crested Titmouse; (Parus cristatus.) A female Stone Chat; (Saxicola rubicola.) A Pair of Black-tailed Godwits; (Limosa melanura.) A Baillon's Land Rail; (Crex Baillonii.) All shot in England.

THE Skulls of a species of Heron, (Ardea,) of the Indian Bustard, and of the Indian Wood Ibis, (Tantalus leucocephalus,) from Madras. Presented by Turnbull Christie, M.D.

A SPECIMEN of a Swallow, (Hirundo,) from the Cape of Good Hope; the
Chestnut-winged Owl, (Strix castanoptera,) and the White Wagtail
(Motacilla alba,) from India. Presented by Baird, Esq.
Two specimens of Cock-tailed Fly Catcher, (Muscicapa alector,) from
South America, and a Cape Lark, (Alauda capensis,) from the Cape of
Good Hope.

FORKED-TAILED Goatsucker, (Caprimulgus psalurus,) from the Brazils.
Presented by Lord Stuart de Rothsay.

WHITE-BACKED Vulture; (Vultur leuconota.) Pondicherry Vulture; (l'ultur Pondicerianus.) Nuchal Woodpecker; (Picus nuchalis.) Blue Fly Catcher; (Muscicapa azurea.) White-headed Stork; (Ciconia leucocephala.) Green Heron; (Ardea virescens,) all from Bengal.

A SPECIMEN of the Nankeen Heron, (Ardea Caledonica,) from New Holland. Presented by William Hoskins, Esq.

A SPECIMEN of Black-winged Kite; (Falco cæsius.) Chinese Oriole; (Oriolus chinensis.) Yellow-backed Oriole; (Oriolus xanthonotus.) Horsfield's Eurylaimus; (Eurylaimus Horsfieldii.) Indian Butcher Bird; (Lanius Schach.) Brilliant fork-tailed Shrike; (Edolius fulgidus.) Ashy fork-tailed Shrike; (Edolius cinerascens). Shining Thrush; (Lamprotornis cantor.) Dial Grakle; (Gracula saularis.) Frontal Nuthatch; (Sitta frontalis.) Tiga Woodpecker, (Picus tiga,) male and female; Red Woodpecker; (Picus miniatus.) Streaked Woodpecker; (Picus dimidiatus.) Anal Woodpecker; (Picus analis.) Rose-necked Barbet; (Bucco roseicollis.) Fichtel's Barbet; (Bucco fichtelii.) Collared Kingsfisher; (Alcedo collaris.) Pondicherry Parrot; (Psittacus pondicerianus.) Sintok Malcoha; (Phœnicophæus melanognathus.) Nutmeg Pigeon; (Columba ænea.) Java Pigeon; (Columba Javanica.) Vernal Pigeon; (Columba vernalis;) all from Java. Presented by James Inskipp, Esq.

A PARADISE Crane; (Ardea paradisea.) Secretary Bird; (Gypogeranus serpentarius.) Stanley's Bustard; (Otis Stanleyi.) Mountain Quail, (Perdix capensis,) and Twenty-five other Birds from the Cape of Good Hope.

DUSSUMIER'S Hawk; (Falco Dussumieri.) Lahtor Shrike; (Lanius Lahtora.) Dial Grakle, and young; (Gracula saularis.) Cape Starling;

(Pastor capensis.) Green Indian Warbler; (Iora scapularis.) African Hoopoe; (Upupa epops.) Eastern Black Cuckoo; (Cuculus Indicus.) Smyrna King's Fisher; (Alcedo smyrnensis.) Bombay Goatsucker; (Caprimulgus asiaticus.) Cape Painted Snipe; (Rhynchoa capensis.) Three-coloured Lapwing; (Vanellus tricolor.) Rosy Water Rail; (Gallinula rubiginosa.) Common Coot; (Fulica atra.) Horned Grebe; (Podiceps cornutus.) Small Grebe; (Podiceps minor.) Austrian Pratincole; (Glareola austriaca.) Green Sand Piper; (Totanus ochropus,) all from India. Presented by Samuel Sotherby, Esq. A SPECIMEN of the African Beefeater, (Buphaga Africana,) from the Cape, and of the Nepaul Myophonus, (Myophonus Temminckii,) from Nepaul. Presented by Mr. John Gould.

A NEST of the Philippine Grosbeak, (Loxia philippensis,) attached to the leaf of a Palm, from Sierra Leone. Presented by - Whitfield, Esq.

A SPECIMEN of Bartram's Warbler, (Vireo Bartrami,) and of the Olive Warbler, (Vireo olivacea,) from North America. Presented by William Swainson, Esq.

GREEN Touraco; (Cuculus Persca.) Yellow-bellied Cuckoo; (Cuculus cupreus.) Golden Cuckoo; (Cuculus auratus.) African Hoopoe ; (Upupa epops.) Cape Kingsfisher; (Alcedo capensis.) Steel Honey Birds, (Nectarinea chalybea,) and four other small birds, all from the Cape of Good Hope. Presented by the Honourable William Leslie Melville.

A TANNED Skin of a Large Boa Constrictor, 10 feet long, killed at Minas Geraes. Presented by Alexander Caldeleugh, Esq.

A SKIN of the Chinese Whip-tailed Lizard, (Uromastyx chinensis,) from China. Presented by Mrs. Ince.

FOUR specimens of Lizards; (Lacerta;) a Snake; (Coluber;) and a Skink, (Tiliqua,) from the Shores of the Mediterranean. Presented by the Rev. W. Hennah.

A SPECIMEN of a Snake, (Coluber,) from the West Indies, and a Green Lizard, (Lacerta viridis,) from Guernsey. Presented by Mrs. Mauger. A SPECIMEN of the Starred Tortoise, (Testudo stellata,) of the Amboyna Box Tortoise, (Testudo amboinensis,) and of the Thick-necked Terrapin, (Emys crassicollis,) from India. Presented by Thomas Bell, Esq.

A NEW species of Lizard; (Diplodactylus vittatus.) Cunningham's Skink, (Tiliqua Cunninghami,) and some skins of Snakes, from New Holland. Presented by Allan Cunningham, Esq.

A SPECIMEN of the Red-throated Lizard, (Anolius bullaris?) and of the Turnip-tailed Gecko, (Gecko rapicauda,) from the Island of Nevis. Presented by Thomas Cottle, Esq.

Two specimens of very young Turtles, from the Island of Ascension, and a specimen of the Variable Toad, (Bufo variabilis,) from the Cape of

Good Hope. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty, from H. M. S. Chanticleer.

FOUR specimens of Toads; (Bufones;) two Tree Frogs; (Hyla;) fifteen frogs: (Rana;) four species of Snakes; (Coluber;) four specimens of a New Genus of Frogs; (Houlema;) a specimen of the Green Lance-headed Snake; (Cophias viridis ;) a young and old Snake; (Coluber ;) a House Lizard; (Gecko ;) a Blind Worm; (Acontias ;) five specimens of the Garden Girget, (Agama Tiedemanni,) of various ages; eight specimens of Skinks, (Scincus,) belonging to three species; a specimen of a new genus of Tortoises, (Platysternon megacephalum,) and Two specimens of Reeves' Terrapin, (EmysReevesii,) all from China. Presented by John Reeves, Esq.

A DOUBLE-HEADED Snake, (Amphisbæna,) from Portobello; a small Chameleon, (Chameleo pumila,) from the Cape of Good Hope; a Skink, (Tiliqua,) and a House Lizard, (Gecko,) from the Island of Ascension, and a Skink, (Tiliqua,) from Fernando de Noronha; a Boa, from Chagris; a Snake, (Coluber,) from Para; a Snake, (Coluber,) from the Cape of Good Hope; another, from Trinidad, and a new species of Lizard. (Ophyessa bilineata.) Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty, from H. M. S. Chanticleer.

Two species of Snakes, (Coluber,) from the West Indies.

Two species of Snakes, (Coluber,) from the shores of the Mediterranean.
Presented by
Miller, Esq., R.N.

INDIAN Tortoise: (Testudo indica;) Starred Tortoise; (Testudo stellata;) Bell's Chersina, (Chersina ungulata,) from the Cape; Areolated Tortoise, (Testuda areolata,) from the Cape; Painted Terrapin, (Emys picta,) from North America; Ornamented Terrapin, (Emys ornata,) from Mazetland; Two American Box Terrapins, (Testudo carolina,) from North America, and a specimen of Bell's Kinixys. (Kinixys Belliana.)

A SPECIMEN of the Hercules Tortoise, (Testudo Hercules,) from Brazil. Presented by Mr. Dietrichsen.

A SPECIMEN of the Ornamented Terrapin, (Emys ornata,) from California. Presented by Mr. Cuming.

DR. HAMILTON's Terrapin; (Emys Hamiltonii;) two Thurgy Terrapins, (Emys Thurgii,) young and old; and two specimens of the Tented Terrapin; (Emys tecta;) two specimens of the Yellow Monitor; (Monitor flavescens ;) Common Crocodile; (Crocodilus vulgaris.) Several specimens of the Hurum Trionyx, (Trionyx Hurum,) and of the dotted Soft Tortoise; (Emyda punctata;) all from Bengal.

A SPECIMEN of an Indian Viper, (Vipera,) and a Tree Snake, (Dendrophis,) from Java. Presented by James Inskipp, Esq.

A MONITOR, (Monitor ornatus,) from the Cape of Good Hope. A Snake, and a Skink, (Scincus,) from Madagascar.

A SPECIMEN, in spirits, of the Horned Mountain Toad, (Agama cornuta,) from the Arcansas, North America. Presented by Dr. Macauley.

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