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The latter case has been improved by additional rock- 

 work, and an entirely new series of South African veldt 

 and other grasses. The Rodent case has been increased 

 by the addition of an example of the true Jerboa [Dipus 

 hirtipes) from North Africa, and the skeleton and mounted 

 skin of a Coypu. The rarity of this latter genus in 

 museum collections, and its structural characters makes 

 it a desirable accession. To the Game trophies upon the 

 walls have been added the frontal bone and horns of the 

 West African Bubal and two heads of the White-tailed 

 Gnu, one showing the straight horns of the young male, 

 the other, the fully developed and strongly curved horns 

 of the adult. 



A fine head of the Axis deer with record antlers, 

 presented from the Ashton Court Park, is now placed 

 upon the wall over the entrance to the Greville-Smyth 

 room. 



A long desired and most welcome gift has been that 

 of the skin of a full grown Giraffe shot in British East 

 Africa by Major R. B. Muir, who has also given the 

 specimen. The skin is now being mounted and will be 

 in place in a short time. The body of a half-grown 

 Hippopotamus was obtained by purchase from the 

 London Zoological Society, and is now mounted and set 

 up in the Museum. The specimen is eight feet in length, 

 stands 3 ft. 4 in. high, and is sufficiently developed in 

 all respects to adequately illustrate this type of ungulate. 

 Early in the year, the authorities of the Clifton Zoological 

 Gardens presented the head of the Indian Elephant 

 "Zebi," which for a period of 41 years had lived in the 

 Gardens. The head has been mounted with extended 

 trunk, and now forms an attractive exhibit in the 

 Entrance Hall. 



From Mr. O. N. Noake of the Adelaide Museum, 



