76 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



98 Mammals from Ecuador collected by G. Hammond, and 6 

 from Bogota collected by M. Gonsalez ; presented hy Oldfield 7'homas, 

 Esq., F.R.S. 



A skeleton and two skulls (human) from Port San Julian, 

 Santa Cruz, Patagonia ; presented hy A. M. E. M. Foamier, through 

 Miss E. A. Warne. 



Australasia. 



16 specimens of the genus Nyctophilus, including the type of 

 JV. bifax ; presented by the Australian Museum., Sydney. 



13 small Mammals, including the types of Pteropus basiliscus 

 and P. vulcanius from Dampier and Vulcan Is., New Guinea, 

 collected by A. S. Meek ; presented by Oldfield Thomas, Esq., 

 F.R.S. 



115 Mammals from Cape York, N. Queensland, collected by 

 Robin Kemp ; purchased. 



Antarctica. 



Foetus of a Common Rorqual (^Bala^noptera physalus) ; head 

 and paddles of a larger foetus (16^ feet) of the same species ; 

 paddles and scapulse, and a strip of developing baleen of a foetal 

 Sibbald's Rorqual {B. musculus), all from the South Shetlands ; 

 presented by Dr. J. Hjort, Fiskeridireldor, Norway. 



AVES. 



The acquisitions number 6,072. Of these the most noteworthy 

 are as follows : — 



Europe. 



35 Birds from Devonshire ; presented by Willoughby P. Lowe, 

 Esq. 



22 Birds from Iceland ; collected by Mr. G. B. Dinesen ; 

 purchased. 



Skeletons of various British Birds ; presented respectively by the 

 Marchioness of Breadalbane, Miss D. M. A. Bate, Dr. Percy R. 

 Lowe, William Brice, Esq., and W. R. Ogilvie- Grant, Esq. 



Asia. 



4 Birds from India, Burma, and Tibet, including the type- 

 specimens of Tragopan molesworthi, Ithagenes tibetanus and La'iscopus 

 nipalensis whymperi ; presented by the Bombay Natural History 

 Society. 



Skeleton of an Open-bill Stork, Anastomus oscitans, from India ; 

 presented by the Zoological Society of London. 



152 Birds from S.E. Siam, including the type-specimens of 

 P yrotrogon klossi and Myiophoneus klossi ; presented by C. Boden Kloss 

 and H. C. Robinson, Esqs. 



255 Birds from Siam, including the type-specimens of Mirafra 

 williamsoni and AI. marionce ; collected and presented by W. J. F. 

 Williamson, Esq. 



