82 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Among the other gifts of special importance may be mentioned 

 those from : — 



Mr. J. C. DoUman — The collections of insects made by his 

 son, the late Hereward C. Dollman. The two cabinets con- 

 taining the collection of Lepidoptera from North-Western 

 Rhodesia will be kept separate as a whole for a period of 

 fifteen years. 



The Governor of the Falkland Islands — A zoological collection, 

 including parts of whales and a Weddell's Seal, made by 

 Mr. A. G. Bennett at Deception Island, South Shetlands. 



Mrs. Brewitt-Taylor — A collection of butterflies of the genus 

 Parnassius formed by her husband, the late Major R. 

 Brewitt-Taylor. 



Mrs. May F. Ogilvie — The valuable collection of British 

 Birds, consisting of 1,789 skins, made by her husband, 

 the late F. M. Ogilvie, formerly surgeon at the Oxford 

 Eye Hospital. 



M. Fernand Lataste — A large and valuable collection of 

 mammals, reptiles, and batrachians, forming the basis of 

 the descriptive work produced by him from 1875 to 1890. 



Mr. Gregory M. Mathews — A collection of 318 birds from 

 Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands. 



Mr. Robert P. Page — A fine mounted specimen of a King 

 Salmon, weighing 62 lbs., caught by him by rod and line 

 in the Campbell River, British Columbia. 



Mr. H. C. Robinson and Mr. C. Boden Kloss — An important 

 series of specimens representing the vertebrate fauna of the 

 Oriental region, collected in South Annam and Cochin China. 



Mrs. E. S. Gregory — Her herbarium of British plants. 



Mr. F. C. Adams — A fine collection of British Diptera, 

 together with the two mahogany cabinets in which the 

 specimens are contained. 



Major S. S. Flower — The skull and horns of a Black-faced 

 Highland Ram, bred on the Glencasley Estate, Suther- 

 land ; also a number of manuscripts, scientific papers, &c., 

 of his father, the late Sir William Flower, K.C.B. 



Addo Bush Elephants. 

 The Trustees are in communication with the Government of the 

 Union of South Africa with a view to obtaining for the Museum a 

 male and female specimen (hide and skeleton) from the herd of 

 Elephants in the Addo Bush, near Port Elizabeth, almost the last 

 survivors of the South African Elephant, the extermination of which 

 for economic reasons has been decided on by the Cape Provincial 

 Council. 



Expeditions. 

 The following collecting expeditions, for the benefit of the 

 Museum, were arranged: — 



(a) Capt. Guy Shortridge — in Rhodesia. 



