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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Summary of the Acquisitions in the Department of Zoology 

 durinq 1915. 





Donations. 



Purchases. 



Exchange. 



Totals. 





/General Collection 



1,936 



134 



2 



2,072 



Osteological Collection : — 











Mammalian Anthropology 



3 



— 



— 



3 



Cetacea 



14 



. — 



— 



14 



V Other Mammals 



6 



1 



— 



7 



/Skins 



3,685 



2,259 



53 



5,997 



AvPR J Eggs 



^^^^ ] Nests 



73 

 2 



— 



— 



73 

 2 



.Skeletons 



17 



_ 







17 



Domesticated Animals 



6 







— 



6 



Keptilia 



270 



3 



8 



281 



Batrachia 



169 



20 



134 



323 



Pisces 



578 



56 



11 



645 



Tunicata 



1 







— 



1 



Hemichordata and Phoronidea 



2 



— 



— 



2 



T.ir 11 ("Terra Nova" collection ... 

 ^""'"'^^ ] Other sources 



532 



1,761 



174 



=1 



2.467 



Myriopoda 



16 



— 





16 



Prototracheata 











— 



— 



Arachnida 



577 



44 



— 



621 



Crustacea 



208 











208 



P,c„„g„„ida|o^-J-; «»"-"- 



303 

 23 



— 



=} 



326 



Echinoderma 



63 









63 



Chaetopoda, &c. 



81 



— 



— 



81 



"Worms ■ Parasitic Worms, &c 



340 







— 1 



41'J 



"Terra Nova" Nemertinea ... 



79 



— 



Brachiopoda 



16 



6 



— 



22 



Polyzoa ... 



18 



— 



1 



19 



\.nthozoa 



— 



— 



— 



— 



Hydrozoa 



2 



— 



— 



2 



Porifera 



— 



— 



— 



— 



Protozoa 



2 



— 



— 



2 



Totals 



10,783 



2,697 



209 



13,689 



VI. — Economic Zoology. 



I. Information relating to various matters connected with 

 War has been given to Government Departments. 



the 



II. Mammalia. 



The question of Whaling in Southern waters has received a 

 considerable amount of attention, particularly with regard to the 

 rate of destruction of the Whales. Several communications on this 

 subject have passed between the Colonial Office and the Trustees. 



III. AVES. 



A number of questions relating to the protection of Birds in 

 British Colonies and Protectorates have been referred to the Trustees 

 by the Colonial Office, and have been duly dealt with. 



