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RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Mr. B. Lucas visited the Bellinger River, and obtained Birds 

 and foetal Marsupials. 



The following is a statement of the specimens collected : — 

 Mammalia 9, 



Presentations. 



The specimens presented during 1901 were very numerous and 

 valuable, 14,954, as against 7,089 in 1900, or an increase of 

 7,865 specimens. 



The more important donations were: — 



1. Marine and land animals from New Britain — by Dr. J. F. 



Flashman. 



2. Skull of a fine Babirusa ( B. habirusa) from Celebes — by Mr. 



E. V. Bensusan. 



3. A Native Companion (Grus australasianus, Gould), with 



ossified tendons — by The Council, Zoological Society of 

 New South Wales. 



4. The Pelagic fish known as the Luvaru ( Luvarus imperialis, 



Raf.) — by Fishery Commissioners of N. S. Wales. 



5. Numerous Marsupials — by Messrs. F. C. Jansen and J. 



Stringer. 



6. One hundred and forty -five Australian, American, and 



European Fishes— by Mr. J. D. Ogilhy. 



7. A fine Sawfish ( Pristis zysron, Bleek.) — by Mr. J. E. 



Chinnery. 



8. A remarkably fine collection of marine organisms from the 



Barrier Reef waters, including Fish, Sponges, Actinozoa, 

 Echinodermata, and Crustacea, in all 273 specimens, 

 accompanied by 6,462 Mollusca — by Mr. C. Uedley. 



9. A Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus, Gunner.), and a 



number of other fish from Twofold Bay — by Mr. J. A. 

 Boyd. 

 10. Five hundred and seventy-eight Sponges from our own coast 

 — by Fishery Commissioners of N. S. Wales. 



