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iitiiWber, the extensive collection in every department of Zoological 

 science formed by Sir Stamford in Sumatra has been added to the 

 Museum. This collection is particularly rich in those rare animals 

 which have only lately been made known to science from the 

 Eastern Islands. Among the most conspicuous of the Mammalia 

 are six species of the true Jpes, (Simia^ Auct.) ; male and female 

 of the Proboscis Monkey ^ {Simia nasica, Linn.) ; a species nearly 

 allied to it, apparently new ; several specimens of the Malayan 

 Bear, (Ilelarctos Malayanus, Horsf.), of the- various Tiger Cats 

 of Sumatra, one a new species; specimens also of the different 

 species of Tupaia, Raffles, of the new genera Mijdaus^ Ictides and 

 Gymnura, of the Tapir, Dugong, &c., &c. The Birds include 

 most of the splendid species of Sumatra, particularly the Galli- 

 naceous Fowls. And various new and interesting species are found 

 among ihe Fishes, Reptiles, Insects and Zoophytes. The most 

 important circumstance relating to this collection, is that it con- 

 tains duplicates in spirits of most of the rare species; so that the 

 skeletons, and internal parts may be preserved at the same time 

 with the skins. Various other valuable animals have been a4ded 

 by the Members and well wishers of the Society. Among them 

 that rare animal, the Fettnec of Bruce^ whh its skeleton, has been 

 presented by Mr. Cross of Exeter Change ; the Helaictos eurysi. 

 pilusy (the specimen lately described by Dr. Horsfield, and figured 

 in this Journal,) by Mr. Cops of the Tower; the yiilurusfulgens, 

 with several other valuable Eastern animals, and a striking col- 

 lection of Horns from the East, by Gen. Hardwicke^ &c.j&c. liut 

 the most conspicuous of the late acquisitions is a fine specimen of 

 the Ostrich, graciously presented by His Majesty, the prepared 

 skin of which is now exhibited in the Musedm, 'whilst various 

 preparations of its skeleton and viscera have been made for thfe 

 departments of comparative anatomy. • -'^ 



Weekly meetings were held until the close of the season, at 

 which lectures on various branches of Zoology, given by Joshua 

 Brookes, Esq. F.R.S., and by the Secretary, were attended by a 

 numerous audience of scientific gentlemen and other members of 

 the Society; the lectures by Mr. Brooke?, the subject of which 

 was chieHy the comparative anatomy of Birds, were in part illus*- 



