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collectors have gone to the Front, but by the help of native 

 collectors and the donations o£ Mr. Mackenzie of the Forest 

 Service, much good work is still being carried out. Papers on 

 the various collections, mostly by R. C Wroughton and 0. Thomas, 

 have continued to be published. 



The Mammals presented by the Trustees of the Will of the late 

 James Rowland Ward have already been enumerated (p. 57). 



Several of the more interesting animals which have died in the 

 Gardens of the Zoological Society have been presented by the 

 Society. 



Various friends of the Museum engaged in the war have sent 

 contributions obtained during the campaign, as follows : — 



Two Lemmings [Lemmiis lemmus) from the Murman Coast of 

 N.W. Russia. Presented hy CajJt. R. S. Gwat kin- Williams, R.N. 



A Souslik (Cifellus citellus) from Salonika. Presented hy Capt. 

 H. S. Ilollis. 



A Rodent Mole (Spala.v) from Salonika ; presented by Capt. 

 Malcolm Purr ; and another from Lemnos, presented by Capt. H. M. 

 Warrender. 



A Field Mouse {Apodemns sylvaticus) from Lemnos. Presented 

 by Viscount Ennismore. 



Other accessions : — 



Europe. 



Three Wild Cats (Felis silvestris grampia) from Ross-shire. 

 Presented by Aliss Firth. 



An Albino Badger (Meles meles) from Surrey. Presented by 

 Lord Hylton. 



11 British Bats and Shrews from the collection of the Rev. L. 

 Jenyns, including the types of four species described by him about 

 1837 ; received in exchange from the University Museum of 

 Zoology, Cambridge. 



Parts of Cetacea stranded on the British Coasts during 1916, 

 including several specimens of much interest, and particularly : — 



Part of the skull of a Cuvier's Whale {Ziphius cavirostris) 



from the Cornish Coast ; 

 The head of a White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) 



from Co. Mayo ; 

 The flippers and other parts of a specially large Killer Whale 



(Orcinus orco) from the Solway Firth ; 

 The head of a Sowerby's Whale (Mesoplodon bidens) from 



Lincolnshire ; 

 Part of the lower jaw, with uncut teeth, of a young Sperm 

 Whale (Physeter catodon) from Co. Galway. 

 Presented by the Board of Trade. 



The skeleton of the celebrated thoroughbred Horse " Isinglass." 

 Presented by Capt. Dermot McCalmont. 



Cranium and portion of the face of a Romano-British skull, and 

 portions of a Human trunk-skeleton of the same period, found near 

 Grantham. Presented by C. J. Brown, Esq. 



