22 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



District, (;ameroons, a female Ostrich from British East Africa, 

 a Chanler's Reedbiick, a Queensland Koala, two Galago Lemurs, 

 and a Pygmy Squirrel, besides about 100 small birds. 



The total number of gifts received during the year by the several 

 Departments was 1,393. Many of these comprised large numbers of 

 individual specimens. The following may be mentioned as being of 

 special interest or value ; from : — 



Mrs. L. de L. Gwatkin — the collection of Molluscan Radulse 

 formed by her husband, the late Professor H. M. Gwatkin, and 

 presented by her in accordance with his wishes. The collection 

 consists of some 8,000 specimens, contained in three microscope- 

 slide cabinets, besides some 3,500 so-called " duplicate " slides. 



Mr. F. D. Godman — two fragments and a lower molar tooth of 

 a second skull discovered in the Piltdown gravel in a new locality 

 by the late Mr. Charles Dawson. 



The Duke of Portland — the skeleton of the thoroughbred 

 stallion "William III." 



Mr. A. G. Dixon — the complete skeleton and skin of a specially 

 fin(^ specimen of female Dugong, captured in Delagoa Bay some 

 years ago. 



The Bombay Natural History Society — 162 Mammals. 



Mrs. Manby — a series of 18 specimens of heads of Big Game, 

 specially selected from the collection of sporting trophies, made in 

 Burma by the late Mr. C. W. A. Bruce. 



Mr. Lowther Bridger — an exceptionally fine salmon, weighing 

 about 55 lbs., caught by him in the river Eden in 1888. 



Miss Margaret Tanner — a collection of land and fresh-water 

 shells, mainly British, formed by the late Mr. Kenneth McKean. 



Lady Strathcona — a collection of butterflies from the Niger 

 Delta at Warri, Calabar. 



Mr. Rowland E. Turner — a well-made mahogany insect cabinet, 

 together witli such of the contents (butterflies, beetles, hymenoptera) 

 as might be desired for the Museum. 



The First Commissioner of H.M. Works, &c. — a main purlin 

 from the roof of Westminster Hall, in which the destructive work of 

 the beetle Xestohium tesselatum is very well shown. 



Dr. C. T. Trechmann — an interesting and valuable series of 

 upwards of 100 specimens of minerals selected from the collection 

 formed by his father, the late Charles Otto Trechmann. 



The Government of Peru — a large and important series of 

 minerals and ore specimens presented through the Peruvian Consul- 

 General in London. 



The Derwent Valley Water Board — a fine ganoid fish (Acrolepis 

 hopkinsi) from the Lower Carboniferous of Bamford, Derbyshire. 



Mr. W. G. Wallace and Miss V. I. Wallace— Two MS. note- 

 books in the handwriting of their father, the late Mr. Alfred Russel 

 Wallace, on specimens (chiefly insects), collected by him in the 

 Malay Archipelago. 



The Board of Governors of the Adelaide Public Library, Museum, 

 and Art Gallery — a fine series of coloured casts of Meteorites. 



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