MUSEUMS. ji 



other preservative. The store cabinets have also had constanl 

 attention, the entomological collections especially requiring 

 frequent examination. 



(c) Loans. 

 The following loans of Museum specimens for purposes of scientific 

 investigation were made during the year: — 



Specimen of Coccothraustes vulgaris ? . twenty-three specimens of 

 the genus Passer and three of the genus Petronia were lent to 

 E. Hartert, Esq., Tring Museum. 



('/> Presents. 



During the year the Museum Collections have been enriched hv 

 a large number of presentations, of which the following deseive 

 special mention : — 



A collection of Exotic Moths (Indo-Malayam from Assam; 

 presented by Ernest Swinhoe, Esq.. Avenue House. Oxford (see 

 p. 14). 



A large collection of Insects, consisting of over 2.5UU sp.cimens: 

 presented by the Trustees of the British Museum (see p. 14). 



A collection of Shells representing 14'2 species; presented by Dr. 

 Lawton Roberts, liuabon (see p. 16). 



A collection of S. American Eishes and Beptiles fiom the River 

 Amazon: presented by Captain Wilson, s.s. "Mapo," Fulwood Park. 

 Liverpool (see pp. 16, IT). 



A collection of Central African Bird Skins from South Angoniland : 

 collected and presented by H. B. Commissioner and Consul-General 

 Alfred Sharpe, C.B. (see p. 18). 



A collection of mounted British Birds; presented by D. C. Scott. 

 (Esq., Oxton isee pp, 18, 19). 



(«) Exchanges. 



The Veterinary Department, Liverpool University, received 

 skeletal- of the Horse. Dog. Cat, in exchange (to be sent at a 

 later daic i for specimens of West African Mammals: and Prof. 

 Hash ton! Dean, of New York, personally received a specimen of the 

 Mud-fish \Protopterus) for an exchange to be arranged later. 



