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and for one specimen each to Major R. M. Betham, of Akalkote, 

 Deccan ; Mr C. Fisher, of Chatrapur ; Major G. A. Leslie, of Chitral ; Mr 

 A. H, A. Simcox, of Akrani, Khandesh ; Captain E. H. Sweet, of Chitral. 

 In addition, M. Wm. Foster, of Sapucay, Paraguay, supplied me 

 with over 26 specimens, a large number of them from Chiroptera ; 

 Herr Kuse, Gamekeeper at Kittendorf in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, sent 

 20 specimens ; Dr John P. Tulloch, of Cronstadt, Trinidad, sent 18 

 specimens ; Prof E. A. Goeldi, Director of the State Museum of Natural 

 History and Ethnography, at Par^i, Brazil, together with his colleague 

 Dr G. Hagmann of the Zoological Gardens at Para, sent 20 specimens, 

 many from Edentata; Rev. M. C. H. Bird, of Stalham, Norfolk, sent 15; 

 Dr Max Lithe, Privatdocent in Zoology, at Konigsberg in Prussia, sent 14 ; 

 Dr Gerald Leighton, of Pontrilas, Hereford, sent 11 (and over, chiefly 

 Reptilian); Mr Farren, Naturalist at Cambridge, supplied rne with 11; 

 Mr F. B. Parkinson, F.R.G.S., etc., of Baviaankrantz, Cape Colony, 

 sent 9 (a number of unique specimens) ; Dr H. B. Dodds, Medical 

 Officer at Fort Johnson, British Central Africa, sent 8; Dr G. Langmann, 

 of New York City, sent 8 (at the kind suggestion of Prof T. Mitchell 

 Prudden); Surgeon-Major Leonard Rogers, I.M.S., of Calcutta, sent 8 ; 

 Dr N. P. Schierbeck, Privatdocent in H3^giene at Copenhagen, sent 8 

 (several from the Zoological Gardens there); Count Carl Otto von 

 Schlieffen-Schwandt, of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, sent 7 (some collected 

 by his gamekeeper); Prof R. P. Bigelow, of the Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology, U.S.A., sent 7 (mostly from fish, collected by Mr C. F. 

 Silvester); Dr Charles Hose, of Baram, Sarawak, sent 6 ; Kammerherr 

 G. von Oertzen, of Mirow in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, sent 5. Five 

 specimens each were sent by Prof F. M. Sandwith, of Cairo, Egypt 

 (collected by Mr Littlewood, Chief Veterinary Inspector to the Egyptian 

 Government); Dr J. R. Garrood, of Alconbury, Hunts., and his friend 

 Mr W. F. Beauford; Dr A. S. Grilnbaum, of University College, Liverpool 

 (Simian bloods); Dr A. B. Dalgetty, late of Madapore, S. Sylhet, India; 

 Prof G. Elliott-Smith, of Cairo (Reptilian). Four specimens each were 

 sent by the Hon. R. E. Dillon, of Clonbrock, Co. Galway, Ireland ; Prof 

 E. O. Jordan, Chicago University. Three each were sent by Dr D. E. 

 Salmon, Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, U.S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington (collected at the Zoological Laboratory of the 

 Bureau); Dr Henry Strachan, Chief Medical Officer at Lagos, W. Africa 

 (Negro bloods); Mr E. G. Wheeler, of Alnwick, Northumberland; Dr 

 Arthur Palmer, of Sydney, N. S. Wales (collected by himself and 

 Dr J. F. Flashman). Two specimens each were supplied by Dr Daniels 



