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BRITISH MAMMALIA. 
Although no addition has been made to the British 
Mammals since last year, we devote this paragraph to the 
collection, hoping that we may thereby meet with assis- 
tance in its completion. Unlike British Birds, which 
migrate, and which therefore in some species can only be 
obtained as stragglers, the Mammals are resident, and 
though some are rarer than others, all may be obtained 
with tolerable certainty, by those residing in such parts 
of the Country as they are known to inhabit. With the 
exception of the marine species, such as the Whales and 
Porpoises, there are none which might not take their place 
in our collection of British fere. We have already some 
of the largest of the land animals, as the Red Deer and 
Roebuck, both presented by Edward Greaves, Esq. A 
mounted specimen of the Fallow Deer, and of the two 
_ kinds of Martin, i.c., the yellow breasted, and the white 
breasted Martin, would go far towards the completion of 
the collection of the terrestrial Mammalia of Great Britain. 
We earnestly hope that some friends to this Institution will 
kindly furnish one or other of these desiderata. Of the 
smaller kinds, such as the Shrews and Bats, a few kinds 
are wanting, but these the Curators believe that they 
shall before long be able to supply. 
ORNITHOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
In our report for 1865 we unaccountably omitted to 
advert to the re-arrangement of the collection of birds, 
which took place when the repairs of the Museum were 
brought to a close. The room containing the collection 
underwent a thorough cleaning, and the specimens were 
