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1862-1869. by Wallace, Mouhot and Du ChaiJlu, and a final consignment 

 was received from J. K. Lord. The Rev. H. B. Tristram, who 

 had been travelling in Palestine, deposited his collections (with 

 the exception of Birds) in the Museum (1864), while Messrs. 

 Salvin and Godman continued to add to their previous donations 

 of Central American animals. 



In 1865 and 1866 some noteworthy specimens of Pachyderms 

 and Cetaceans were acquired, which were for many years 

 prominent objects in the galleries of the new Museum : viz., in 

 the former year the skin and skeleton of the Sumatran Elephant, 

 the skeleton of Rhinoceros sumatranus, and the skeletons of an 

 adolescent Whalebone Whale (" Phy solus latirostris ") and of an 

 adult Sperm Whale obtained at Thurso. In the latter year 

 the skeletons and skulls of the Fresh-water Dolphins of South 

 America ( Inia and Pontoporid) were purchased ; and finally 

 Sir Walter Elliot presented a series of skulls of Indian Dolphins, 

 described by Professor Owen in the Transactions of the Zoological 

 Society. 



The ornithological collection was enriched not only by the 

 donors of mixed collections already mentioned, but also by Sir 

 A. Smith and Consul Stoinhoe, who gave valuable series of 

 S. African and Formosan Birds. Mr. C. Darwin presented his 

 series of domestic breeds of Pigeons (1867), and in 1866 the 

 skeleton of the Dodo exhibited in the gallery was obtained. 



The most valuable additions to the Class of Reptiles were 

 received as donations from correspondents of the Department, 

 of whom only the following can be mentioned : 



G. Krejft, Curator of the Museum at Sydney, to whom the 

 progress of our knowledge of this part of the Australian Fauna is 

 chiefly due ; Col. B. H. JBeddome, the discoverer of the majority 

 of species of Uropeltidse ; Mr. W. Tlieobald, who collected chiefly 

 in Pegu ; Prof. Barboza du Bocage, who was always ready to 

 communicate examples of West African species from the rich 

 collection in the Lisbon Museum ; Dr. 0. Wucherer, who during 

 his many years' residence in Bahia thoroughly explored the 

 Reptilian Fauna of that province. 



The additions to the collection of Fishes were still more 

 numerous and important. Beside the contributors mentioned in 

 the preceding period, Col. B. L. Playfair sent large collections from 

 Zanzibar, the Seychelles and Algiers in the years 1864-68, and 

 Consul B. Swinhoe collected in various parts of China and in 

 Formosa. A most valuable collection of Swedish fresh-water 

 fishes was made by Mr. H. W. Wheelwright, the " Old Bushman " of 



