64 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Asia. 



19 Mammals from Chih-li, N. China. Presented hy J. D. La 

 Touche, Esq. 



382 mammals collected during the Bombay Natural History 

 Society's Mammal Survey of India, including 117 from Darjeeling 

 obtained by Messrs. R. S. Lister & H. Stevens, with the types of four 

 new species, one of these forming a new genus (Dacnomys) ; 89 from 

 the Bhutan Duars, collected by N. A. Baptista ; 31 Jackals and 56 

 specimens of Scotophilus from various localities ; and 89 specimens 

 from the Chin Hills, contributed by J. V. D. Mackenzie, Esq. 

 Presented hy the Bombay Natural History Society. 



2 skulls of Porcupines, 11 Muridse, and 57 Bats from Sumatra 

 and the Malay Peninsula, including the types of three new species. 

 Presented hy the Government of the Federated Malay States, through 

 H. C. Robinson, Esq., Director of Museums, Kuala Lumpur. 



2 Molars of Elephas indicus. Presented hy Mrs. R. F. Thorp. 



Africa. 



19 Mammals from British East Africa. Presented hy C. W. 

 Machworth Praed, Esq. 



20 Mammals from Angola, including the typical head and 

 horns of the Angolan Sable (Hijypotrayus niger variani). Presented 

 by H. F. Varian,- Esq. 



20 skulls of Monkeys, Carnivora and Ungulates from Northern 

 Bhodesia. Presented hy Hereward C. Dollman, Esq. 



America, North. 



The skeletons of a male and female Musk Ox (Ovihos moschatus). 

 Presented hy Lady Strathcona and Mount Royal. 



America, South. 



58 Mammals from Cordova and 95 from Bonifacio, Buenos 

 Ay res, collected by Robin Kemp. Presented hy Old field Thomas, 

 Esq., F.R.S. 



A skull, and portions of the trunk-skeleton, of a " Bolivian 

 Indian " from Argentina. Presented hy Wilfred Smithers, Esq. 



The skulls of two Indians from Peru. Presented hy C. E. R. 

 Rowlands, Esq. 



AVES. 



The acquisitions number 9,466. Of these the most noteworthy 

 are as follows : — 



Europe. 



A restoration of the Great Auk (Plautus impennis). Presented 

 by the Trustees of the late James Rowland Ward. 



261 birds from various localities in Europe. Presented by A. L. 

 Btitler, Esq. 



3 Carrion Crows (^Corvus corone) from Berwickshire. Presented 

 hy Miss D. M. A. Bate. 



