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No new Bird Groups have been completed during the year, but a great 
deal of material has been collected, and it is hoped this may be completed 
during the coming year. Much of the work during the past year has been 
in the preparation of specimens and the cataloguing and re-arrangement of 
the various collections which have been acquired. The following is an 
abstract of the collections sent in, and on the following page will also be 
found a list of the donors and their donations, 
Your Curator begs also to thank Mr. W. F. J. SHEPHEARD, 
Dr. STOLTERFOTH, and the President, for material aid in the loan of 
Photographic Apparatus. 
The additions to the Natural History Museum are as follows :— 


Species 
Presented| Total of 
ABSTRACT OF THE REPORT. and Specimens 
Purchased! 
Geology .. os we} 1,020 | 1,063 
Hemipiera—Homoptera (Frog- -hoppers, &e. ) ia ats fe) 25 
Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies). . : ne oo] 117 299 
Coleoptera (Beetles) .. St ac 4c se 28 105 
Hymenoptera (Bees and Wasps) oe ae ae -.| 109 434 
Conchology (Shells) .. 56 af a oe be 16 170 
Pisces (Fish) .. ee nc ce ae oe 2 2 
Reptilia (Snakes, &c. ied te == oe ee ae I I 
Eggs .. ee oe ve oe os te Ae 107 579 
Aves (Birds) .. ae os ae Ba He 18 25 
Mammalia (Animals me ts as = ae ee 2 4 
Plants ., ce ee fe oe 3e ac -s| 272 272 
sTOtal are.. e we +e| 1,702 2,979 


LIST OF UNCLASSIFIED GIFTS :— 
Mr. FRANCIS HEATHERLEY—Five Photographs of Birds from Life. 
Mr. CHAs. OLDHAM-—-Several gross of Glass Tubes, Glass-topped Boxes, 
Card Trays, &c., for mounting specimens. 
MR, FRANK WILLIAMS—Old Microscope. 
Dr. H. STOLTERFOTH—Photographic Enlargement of Opah Fish, 
R. NEWSTEAD, F.E.S., Hon. F.R.H.S., 
CURATOR. 
APRIL, IgOI. 
