LIST OF DONATIONS XIX 



H. W. Garbutt (Bulawayo). — Photographs of the remarkable pre- 

 historic ruins in Rhodesia and of Rhodesian scenery ; a Kaffir 

 sweat-scraper ; some small agate pebbles of puzzling origin. Also, 

 per P. Walther, two Kaffir throwing spears and a hippo-hide whip. 



Jno. Gardner, F.E.S. — A further instalment of the donor's collection 

 of British beetles, for incorporation in the Museum reference 

 collection. 



Newbey S. Green. — Some fishes (pike, roach, etc.) for casting and 

 painting. 



P. O. Hare. — A living water rail (subsequently kept for some weeks in 

 the aviary) which ran into the donor's house in Manor House 

 Road, Newcastle, on October i. 



W. A. C. Henderson — Natural history specimens, carefully preserved, 

 brought by the doner from Singapore: snakes (19), scorpions (5), 

 centipedes (3), a turtle (^Chelone imbricata), a large python's skin ; 

 fishes, barnacles. 



Max Holzapfel. — Natural history specimens, well preserved in spirit, 

 from East Africa ; including a legless lizard, Chamaesattra atigidnea, 

 Agama lizards, chamaeleons, frogs, shrews, a leaf-nosed bat 

 ( Megaderma sp.), locusts, crickets, giant earthworms (JMicrochaeta 

 sp.), etc. 



J. Horsley. — Very large claw of a lobster, from Beadnell. 



India Office (Secretary of State for India in Council.) — A further 

 volume of " The Fauna of British India " : Orthoptera (Acridiidae), 

 by W. F. Kirby. 



Rev. W. Johnson.— a collection of plants made by the late Rev. J. W. 

 AlUson ; mostly collected in Northumberland. 



Dr. E. B. Kitching.— a collection of plants made by the late Miss 

 Eliza Wigham, a well-known Edinburgh lady. 



Mrs. R. Knothe. — Two boxes of minerals from Chile, including good 

 specimens of many ores (some very rare) of gold, silver, cobalt, 

 antimony, etc. 



A. E. MacDonald. — A box of large beetles and other insects from 

 Assam. 



J. Mackenzie (per Wm, Voutt). — A young hamster, Cricettcs 

 frumentarius, in the flesh. 



Miss Margaret McAlister. — A box of large Oriental insects (leaf- 

 insects, longicorn beetles, etc.). 



