Growth of the Collection. 75 



to be taken not to miss an opportunity of acquiring desiderata 1888-1889. 



for them. On the other hand, offers of many collections, large 



and small, either for purchase or as gifts, were declined almost 

 daily, if they had no special value for the Museum. 



ADDITIONS TO THE STAFF. 



(1888-89.) 



In 1889 two vacancies in the Staff of Second-Class Assistants, 

 one in the Zoological Department and one in the Director's 

 Office, were filled by the Trustees ; they appointed Mr. F. A. Heron 

 and Mr. E. E. Austen for duty in the Zoological Department. 

 The Keeper assigned to both of them work on the Entomological 

 collections. 



GROWTH OF THE COLLECTION. 



(1888-89.) 



The number of additional specimens in these two years 

 amounted to 113,357. 



Of the Challenger collections were received : 137 Pelagic 

 Fishes, 545 Tunicates, 400 Pteropods, 32 Polyplacophora, 109 

 Cephalopods, 363 Deep Sea Mollusca, 238 Shells, 26 Polyzoa, 

 2315 Crustaceans, 2250 Amphipods and Isopods, 66 Vermes, 

 137 Comatulidae, 357 Sponges, 335 Anthozoa, 121 Hydrozoa. 



A collection of marine animals made by Mr. P. W. Bassett- 

 Smith, R.N., during the survey of the Tizard and Macclesfield 

 banks, China Sea, by H.M.S. Rambler, was presented by the 

 Lords of the Admiralty. 



A collection of marine animals, dredged in deep water off 

 the S.W. coast of Ireland by the Rev. W. 8. Green, was 

 purchased (65). 



Zoological proceeds of Mr. H. C. V. Hunter's expedition to 

 the Kilimandjaro district, and of Mr. St. George Littledale's 

 expedition to the Pamir and Altai Mountains (chiefly Mammalia), 

 were presented by those gentlemen. 



104 skulls of ancient Egyptians, taken from Mummy Tombs, 

 and obtained by the Egyptian Exploration Committee. 



Birds. Mr. F. D. Godman, being aware of the deficiencies 

 in the Museum series of North American Birds, purchased a 

 collection of 11,000 specimens made by Messrs. H. W. Henshaw 

 and C. Hart Merriam, and presented it to the Trustees. 



A selection of 148 specimens from the renowned Riocour 

 Collection, many being types described by L. P. Vieillot, and among 



