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remounted, the setting up of every specimen receiving 

 special consideration. Nearly a score of new specimens 

 have been added, some by gift and others by purchase. 

 The collection as a whole is now in good order. 

 The additions of chief importance are : — 

 ( i ) Plaster-casts of the skulls, teeth, and leg bones 

 of fossil horses, now arranged with the skeleton 

 of a recent horse into a connected series to 

 illustrate the development of the latter. 



(2) A plaster-cast series of teeth crowns illustrating 



the evolution of the Ungulate tooth. 



(3) Plaster-casts of the Cro-Magnon, Spy, Nean- 



derthal, and Pithecanthropus skulls. 

 The second of these has been arranged in a shallow 

 plate-glass fronted case upon a wall-pillar close to the 

 Ungulates, whilst the third series are mounted upon 

 tablets, and arranged in association with a selected 

 series of human crania in the Primates case near the 

 entrance. 



From the Clifton Zoological Gardens the Museum 

 has received the gift of animals which have died in the 

 Gardens, and amongst these must be mentioned the 

 skin of the well-known tiger, Rajah, presented to the 

 Gardens in 1896 by the Maharana of Oodeypore, India. 

 Rajah had long been famous for his magnificent pro- 

 portions and beautiful markings, so that the gift of such 

 a specimen has proved a very valuable accession. The 

 taxidermists (Messrs. Rowland Ward, Ltd.) gave special 

 attention to the modelling and pose of the animal, and 

 as now set up with suitable surroundings it is a specimen 

 of which any museum might well be proud. 



As the Museum previously possessed a man-eating 

 tigress and an adult tiger, presented a few years ago 

 by Captain G. Parker, it was resolved that a tiger group 



