Q2 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Aves. — Tring Museum ; Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker ; Messrs. 

 Rowland Ward, Ltd. 



Reptilia and Batrachia. — U.S. National Museum, Washington ; 

 Prof. S. Hatta. 



Pisces.— VroL C. H. Eigenmann ; Col. C. E. Shepherd. 



Mollusca. — Wellcome Laboratory, London ; M. J. H. Young. 



Arachnida. — Lidian Museum, Calcutta ; Dr. E. Pawlowsky. 



III. — Departmental Library. 



The acquisitions to the Library o£ the Departments of Zoology 

 and Entomology (including the Walsingham Library) during the 

 year, obtained by purchase, presentation and exchange, consist of 

 38 separate works and pamphlets in 50 volumes, and 1,285 parts of 

 periodicals and works in progress. 



236 volumes, including those belonging to the Walsingham 

 Library, have been bound. 



The work of collating, stamping, press-marking, and entering all 

 additions in the Catalogue has been performed as usual. 



The Attendant in the Library, with the aid and supervision of an 

 Assistant, has checked all the entries of Zoological works in the 

 portion of the General Catalogue of Books which has been printed 

 during the year. 



Of the donations the following are worthy of special mention : — 

 The Birds of Australia, Vol. V., parts 2-4 ; Vol. VI., part 1 ; 

 presented by (x. M. Mathews, Esq. ; and a very fine copy of 

 Wilkes, B., " The English Moths and Butterflies together with the 

 Plants, Flowers and Fruits whereon they feed and are usually 

 found." First edition ; presented by Lord Rothschild, F.R.S. 



The most important addition by purchase during the year was : 

 Poda, N., " Insecta Musei Grsecensis." 



IV. — Publications. 



In addition to the Official Catalogues and other volumes published 

 by the Trustees (see pp. 53-54), various reports and descriptive 

 papers have been prepared in connection with the different branches 

 of the collection, and have been published for the most part in 

 scientific journals. 



V . — A cquisitions . * 

 Mammalia. 



Total number 922, of which 872 were donations, 36 were 

 purchases, and 14 were received in exchange. 



The contribution of the Bombay Natural History Society again 

 forms the largest item (382 specimens) of the accessions, although 

 not to the same extent as last year. All the Society's regular 



* A table showing the number of specimens added during the year is given on 

 page 71, 



