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Department of Zoology. 



I. — Arrangement and Conservation. 



Mammalia. 



Mammal Galleries. 



The principal additions to the Exhibition Galleries have been 

 received from the Trustees o£ the late James Rowland Ward, and 

 include the following : — 



A Lion (Felis leo) from the Athi Plains, British East Africa ; 

 a female Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) and three Duikers from the 

 Cameroons ; a Big-horn (Ovis karelini) from the Thian Shan ; a 

 Muntjac (Muntiacus lacrymans) from Sze-chwan, and a Dik-Dik 

 (Rhyncliotragus damarensis variant) from Angola. 



Other specimens are an Albino Badger from Surrey, presented 

 by Lord Hylton ; the Head of a Nilgiri Ibex (Hemitragus liylocrius) 

 from the Kundah Hills, presented by W. S. Rowson, Esq. ; a skull 

 of a Musk Ox (^Ovibos moschatus), presented by Lady Strathcona 

 and" Mount Royal ; two skulls of the West African Hartebeest 

 (Bubalis major), presented by A. E. Kitson, Esq. ; and male and 

 female horns of the Angolan Sable (Hipjyotragus niger variani), 

 presented by H. F. Varian, Esq. 



The specimens in the Gorilla, Lion and large Sheep cases have 

 been rearranged and the ground-work has been remade. 



Study Series. — The usual work of labelling, registering and 

 incorporating the Mammals added to the Collection, and their skulls, 

 has been continued. 



The skins of the Canidse, Viverridse, and (yaviidae have been 

 rearranged, in connection with scientific work done upon them. 

 The Seal-skins and the skulls of Hystricomorph Rodents have also 

 been placed in better order. 



Mr. R. C. Wroughton, Mr. T. B. Fry and Mr. M. A. C. Hinton 

 have again afforded valuable voluntary help in working out accessions 

 to the collection, the first two especially in connection with the 

 specimens received through the Bombay Natural History Society's 

 Survey. The species have all been named, reports written on them, 

 and series selected for registration and distribution. The services 

 of Dr. Knud Andersen have been continued for the preparation of 

 the second volume of the Catalogue of Bats, but a large part of his 

 time has been taken up at the War Office. 



The fifth and last volume of the Catalogue of Ungulates, by the 

 late R. Lydekker, F.R.S., was published in 1916. 



Osteological Room. — Two large cases, not required in the Exhibi- 

 tion Galleries, have been refitted and re-erected in the Osteological 

 Room, to contain Human crania and skeletons. A number of racks 

 have also been erected to contain skeletons awaiting cabinets. 

 Several Human skulls and skeletons have been removed from the 



