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Fifty-six specimens of skins and skulls, representing the following 

 species: — Metachirus opossum mdanurus, Thos. ; Sloth (indet.); Lagidmm 

 peruana in, Meyen. ; Chinehillida sahanue, Thos.: Phyllotis boliviensis, 

 Waterh. ; I', sublimis ; P. sp. : Akodon pulchemmw, Thos. ; 

 ('aria aperea cutleri ; Mus rattan, Linn.: Oryzomys phceopus, 

 Thos.; ().. sp.; Scinrus rersicolor, Thos.; Artiheus perspicillatus, Linn.; 

 Saccoptcry.r biliiwatus, Temm. ; Thyroptera tricolor, Spix., from Peru 

 and Ecuador : Oryzomys indefessus, Thos., from Indefatigable L, Gala- 

 pagos : Rousetta stramineus, from I. of St. Thomas, W. Africa 

 (A. 28. 11. 1900. 2-19) ; received in exchange. (See page 89). 



Kiang (Equus hemionus, Pall.), from Ladak, C. Asia, 

 mounted (A. 28. 11. 1900. 20) : purchased. 



Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettii) 3 , skin with skull ; 

 Wallaby (.V. inornata, ? ) 3 , skin with skull, from Western 

 Australia (A. 28. 11. 1900. 21 and 22) : purchased. 



Five coloured casts (busts) of Pueblo Indians, New Mexico 

 (A. 17. 12. 1900. 1-5) : purchased. 



Fruit Bat (indet.) 3 (A. 17. 12. 1900. 6) : purchased. 



Skeleton of Elephant Seal (Macrorhinus leoninus (Linn.)), (A. 31. 

 12. 1900. 1) ; purchased. 



Two Chestnut-bellied Squirrels (Sciurus castaneiventris, Grey), 2 $ , 

 from near Yunnan City (A. 31. 12. 1900. 2-2) ; purchased. 



Sixteen specimens collected by the Corporation's Expedition to 

 Bokotra and Abd-el-Kuri, 1898-99 :— Fruit Bat (indet), 1 3 , from 

 Arabia; Viverricula malaccensis, F. Cuv., 1 3 : Mus rattus, Linn, subsp. 

 rufeseens, Gray. 8 <? , 4 ? : Equus asinus, Linn., subsp. qfricaiuis, Fitz., 

 3 and ? imm., from Sokotra (A. 31. 12. 1900. 4-7). For fuller 

 particulars see the Report on the Expedition (Natural History of 

 Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri), now in the press. 



Two Human Skulls (M'pongwe) from Muni E., Ukaka, Eloby, S. W. 

 Africa : Skin of Genette from Boma, R. Congo ; Horn of Buffalo from 

 Loanda, W. Africa (A. 26. G. 99. 1-3) : presented by Mr. A. Bidyard. 

 (Omitted from last Report). 



Two skins of Cobus penrici, 3 and 2 (A. 24. 7. 99. 1) : purchased. 

 (Omiited from last Report ) . 



