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was necessary to send away to Europe some of the animals to be 

 stuffed and they have not yet been returned ; others were mounted 

 in the colony but some soon went bad. Museum bottles have been 

 imported for the reptile collection, but pending the application of 

 the Club to the Government to obtain spirit free of duty, nothing 

 could be done in the way of putting up this collection. It 

 is hoped thixt with the help of the Public, who have already 

 been contributing to the collection and that of the members the 

 Club's Museum will be put on a proper footing in the course of 

 this year. The Club has received a great help from the 

 Mammal Committee formed in August, 1892, which Committee 

 has done some good work in supplying Mr. Oldfield Thomas with 

 some material for his Preliminary List of Trinidad Mammals 

 published in Journal No. 7. Out of tlie sum of the ^82.22 

 spent for the Collection during the year ^64.74 were for 

 Mammals, ^24.84 for the animals and ^39.90 for mounting and 

 preparing them for the Collections. Some of the Mammals have 

 been presented to the British Museum others are in the hands of 

 the Taxidermist and the following ai-e now at the Victoria 

 Institute : — 



3 Armadilloes — Tatusia novemcincta. 



1 Wood -dog — Galictis harhara. 



1 Manicou gros-yeux — Didelphys philander. 



2 Ant-eaters — 2'amandua tetradactyla. 



1 Squirrel — Sciurus cestuans. 



2 Little Ant-eaters — Cyclotlmrus didacti/lus. 



The following is a list of donations and the names of their 

 donors for the year 1892-3. The thanks of the Club is due to 

 those who have thus contributed to the collection : — 



Ifammals. 



3 Young Armadilloes — Tatusia novemcincta. 

 1 Wood-dog — Galictis harhara. 



(Presented hy J. W. L. Mitchell Esq.) 

 1 Otter — Lntra. insularis. 



(Presented hy J. S. Greenidge Esq.) 



1 Porcupine — Sy nether es prehensilis.. 



(Presented hy James Wishart Esq. ) 



2 Fish-eating hsLta—Noctilio leporinus. 



{Presented hy J. J. Hohson Esq.) 



1 Great Ant-eater — Myrmecophaga jidjata. 



{Presented hy Harris Ganteanme Esq.) 



2 Little Ant-eaters — Cyclothurus didactylus. 



(Presented hy V. A. Marryat Esq.) 

 Skin of a Tiger cat — Felis pardalis. 



(Presented hy Harris Ganteaume Esq.) 



