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other preservative. The store cabinets have also had constant 

 attention, the entomological collections especially requiring frequent 

 examination. 



The work of reducing the duplicate specimens of mounted birds 

 and forming cabinet skins of them for the study collection has been 

 continued. 



(d) Loans. 

 The following loans of Museum specimens for purposes of study 

 were made during the year : — 



Three bird specimens {Turd us vitiensis, 3 ) were lent to Dr. Lorenz, 

 Vienna. 



Seventeen bird skins (larks, partridges, owls, &c, mainly types) 

 were lent to Mr. Hartert, Tring Museum. 



Three birds (Pitta nympha, Galinda arenicola 3 , and G. macro- 

 rhynca ? , types) were lent to Dr. Bowdler Sbarpe, British Museum. 



Bird specimen (Haplopedia principalis) was lent to Count 

 Salvadori, Zoological Museum, Turin. 



Bird specimens (Crithagra rendaUi, 3 and ? , types) were lent to 

 Captain G. Ernest Shelley. 



(e) Presents. 



During the year the Museum Collections have been enriched by 

 a large number of presentations, of which the following deserve 

 special mention : — 



A large shell collection, comprising between 3,000 and 4,000 

 species and upwards of 10,000 specimens from all parts of the world, 

 bequeathed by the late Mrs. Mary Ann Maclver. This collection is 

 especially rich in species of the genera Oliva, Cy preen and Cohus, and 

 forms a most valuable addition to our Museum. 



A specimen of the rare Pleurotomarin adansoniana from St. Lucia; 

 presented by Surgeon-Colonel Archer. 



Specimens of living West African Mud-Fishes (Protopterus 

 anneetens), per Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer, ss. "Niger." 



Collection of Bird Skins, containing 53 species ; presented by the 

 Rev. Canon Tristram. 



