Index. 



107 



Reptiles, Handlist of the specimens 



of, by Dr. J. E. Gray, 24 

 Reptiles and Fishes, Guide to the 



Galleries of, 63, 71 

 Rhinoceros straws, rare southern 



form of, obtained and exhibited, 



94 



sumatranus, acquired, 20 

 Rhopalocera, arranged by Double- 

 day and Gray, 8 



Rhynchocephalians, Chelonians and 



Crocodiles, Catalogue of, by G. A. 



Boulenger, 77 

 Rhynchota, arranged by Walker and 



Dallas, 8 

 Richardson, Sir John, collection of 



Fishes, 5 

 Ridley, S. 0., appointment of, 35 



resignation of, 68 

 Riocour, Comte de, collection of 



Birds purchased, 75 



Roepstorff, F. A. de, Coleoptera 

 from the Andaman and Nicobar 

 Islands, collected by, presented, 65 



Rothschild, Hon. Walter, rare 

 southern form of Rhinoceros 

 simus acquired with help of, 94 



Royal Society, collections trans- 

 ferred, 35, 96 



Ruminant Mammalia, Catalogue of, 

 by Dr. J. E. Gray, 24 



Russian Reptiles, Batrachians and 

 Fishes presented by the St. 

 Petersburg Academy of Sciences, 

 27 



Ruthe, J. F., German Insects col- 

 lected by, 14 



SAGBA, RAMON DE LA, collection 



acquired, 6 

 St. John, Capt. H. C., collections 



of marine animals from Japan 



and Korea, 29, 36 

 Salmon, J. K., Mammalia collected 



in Columbia, by, 27 

 Salvadori, Count T., Catalogue of 



Birds, Vols. 20, 21, 27.. 78, 83, 



88,95 

 Salvin, O., Catalogue of Birds, 78, 



83,95 

 Salvin, O., and Godman, F. D., 



collections of (see Godman and 



Salvin) 

 Samarang, H.M.S., collections made 



during voyage of, 45 

 Satyridae, Catalogue of, by A. G. 



Butler, 17, 18 

 Saunders, Edward, collection of 



Buprestidae purchased, 28 

 Saunders, Howard, collection of 



Birds acquired, 82. 85 

 Catalogue of Birds, 95 



Saunders, John, Library Attendant, 

 9,50 



Saunders, W. Wilson, Neuroptera, 

 Rhynchota and Diptera presented 

 by, 21 



collection of Moths pur- 

 chased from, 96 



Saville-Kent, W., Corals collected 

 on the Great Barrier Reef, pur- 

 chased from, 86 



Corals from N.E. Australia, 



purchased from, 96 



Schmidt, Prof. Oscar, Adriatic 

 Sponges purchased, 21 



Sclater, P. L., Catalogue of Birds, 

 Vols. 11, 14, 15, 19, by, 71, 77, 78, 83 



Collection of Birds acquired, 



65, 70, 76, 79 



Scott-Elliot, G. F., Insects, etc., 



from Central Africa presented by, 



95 

 Seals and Whales, Catalogue of, by 



Dr. J. E. Gray, 24 

 Seals, etc., Handlist of, by Dr. 



J. E. Gray, 24 

 Sea-pens, Catalogue of, by Dr. J. E. 



Gray, 25 

 Seba, A., some of his Vertebrates 



acquired, 19 

 Seebohm, H., Catalogue of Birds, 



33, 35, 43, 78 

 Collection of Birds acquired, 



70, 79, 82, 85 

 arrangement of Birds' eggs 



by, 82 

 Shark, Basking, specimen exhibited, 



31,56 

 Sharpe, R. Bowdler, appointment 



of, 22, 34 



Catalogue of Birds, 24, 26, 



33, 43, 52, 64, 77, 78, 83, 95 



collection of African Birds 



purchased, 27, 36 



visit to India, 65 



Sfoarwater, H.M.S., Collections of, 



66 

 Shell and Starfish Galleries, Guide 



to the, 63, 71 

 Shelley, Capt. G. E., Catalogue of 



Birds, Vol. 19.. 83 



Collection of Birds acquired, 

 76,96 



Shells, state of collection in 1856, 

 2, 3 ; in New Museum, 60 



Land-, MS. list of, 82 

 see also Mollusca 



Siebold, Professor C. T. von, col- 

 lection of Entozoa acquired, 8 



Siemens Bros., Expedition to Ama- 

 zon River, 93 



Slater, H. H., Expedition to Rod- 

 riguez, 35 



