13 



Springbuck by Col. H. C. Woodcock, a full-grown example of 

 the Red River Hog, and a life-size model of a Caa'ing Whale 

 captured off Torbay, and presented by Messrs. Bigwoods, 

 Ltd. Mr. J. J. Neale, on request, kindly captured and 

 presented to the Museum, two excellent examples of the 

 Skomer Vole. A collection of skulls of typical Felidae, 

 Canidae, Ursuidge, etc., has been cleaned, put into good 

 order, and examples of each prepared to show dental details. 



Ethnography. 



From the Robertson collection of greenstone Maori Imple- 

 ments, have been purchased a representative series, all of 

 which have been placed in the Museum cases. The chief 

 specimens include a fine " Hei-Tiki," or breast ornament, a 

 " Mako," or pendant, various types of chisels, borers, adzes, 

 stone-pounder, and stone cutters. The adzes form a useful 

 and most interesting series. Fine examples of bead-work 

 from Kodiak, Alaska, have been received through the agency 

 of Alderman Cope Proctor, whilst Miss P. Fry has presented 

 models of Chinese figures, a wooden food-dish from Syria, 

 a Turkish chibuk, and a complete set of carpenter's tools, 

 all the latter having been purchased whilst in actual use 

 in a carpenter's shop in the town of Nazareth. 



Mr. H. L. Riseley during a recent Canadian tour succeeded 

 in obtaining two miniature totem poles made by the Haida 

 Indians of the Queen Charlotte Islands on the West Coast. 

 These unfortunately were broken in transit. A second 

 endeavour to obtain similar totem poles was more successful, 

 both examples arriving in good order. On their arrival they 

 were at once presented by Mr. Riseley to the Museum. The 

 making of these totem poles, miniature or otherwise, is an 

 art, which is almost lost ; the specimens presented will therefore 

 increase in scientific importance in future years. A series 



