88 accounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Department of Zoology. 



I. — Arrangement and Conservation. 

 Mammalia. 



Mammal Galleries. 



No special alterations in the arrangement of the Mammal 

 Galleries have been made during the year ; and work has been 

 confined in the main to the installation of new specimens, and the 

 rewriting and printing of such labels as required modification in 

 order to bring them up to date. 



The additions to the exhibited series in the Mammal Galleries 

 and Corridors include many specimens presented by the Rowland 

 "Ward Trustees, among them : — In the Primates : an Indian Langur 

 Monkey (Pithecus entellu.s), a Guereza (^Colobus abyssinicus), a 

 Miritiba Howling Monkey (Alouatta ululata), a Capuchin (Celms 

 apelld), a Lion Marmoset {Leontocebus rosalia), a Sifaka (^Pro pithecus 

 deckeni), and a small-toothed Lemur (Lepidolemur microdon). In 

 the Chiroptera : three interesting additions, a Philippine Fruit Bat 

 (Acei odon jubatus), an East Australian Fruit Bat (Pteropus polioce- 

 phalus), and a Javelin Vampire Bat {Phyllostowa hastatum). In 

 the Carnivora : a Bay Lynx (Pelis [Lyii,v] r"fa), a Fishing Cat 

 (^Felis viverrina), a Striped Hysena (Hi/cena striata schilling/si), a Kit 

 Fox {Vulpes velox), a Chinese Fox (^Vnlpes hoole), an adult and 

 young Venezuelan Fox (Cerdoct/on aquilus), a Crab-eating Raccoon 

 (Procyon cancrivora'), a Stoat {Alvstela erminea stabilis'), an East 

 Himalayan Paguma (^Paguma grayi), a ISepal Manoori (^Paradoxurus 

 strictus), a Panama Kinkajou (Potos flavus megalotus), a Coati 

 (JVasva narica^, a Marsh Mungoose (Mungo!< palvdinosus), and an 

 adult and young specimen of the Merida Skunk (Conepatus 

 mapurito). In the Rodentia : a Russian Dormouse (Ih/romi./s 

 nitedula'), two British Bank Voles (Evotomys glareolus britannicvs), 

 a Field Vole (^Microtus agrestis), a Tree Porcupine (Coendou 

 pruinosus), and a group of Harvest Mice (^Micromys minutus), adult, 

 young, and nest. In the Ungulata : a Northern White Rhinoceros 

 {Rhinoceros simus cottoni') from the Lado Enclave, a very important 

 addition ; also a fine specimen of Hodgson's Argali (Ovis ammon 

 hodgsoni), a Merida Brocket (Alazama bricenii^, and a Reed Buck 

 (^Cervicapra ariindinuni). In the Edentata : a Two-toed Sloth 

 (^Choloepus didactylus), and a Three-toed Sloth (^Bradypus tridartylus). 

 In the Marsupialia and Monotremata : two specimens of Cuscus 

 (Phalanger maeulati(s), and a Spiny Anteater (Echidna andeata). 



Other additions to the Mammal Galleries include the mounted 

 heads of two Red Deer (Cervus elaphus scoticus) from New Zealand, 

 presented by Miss A. Blewitt ; a newly born calf of the European 

 Bison (Bos bonasus'), presented by the Zoological Society of London; 

 and two skulls of the Pamir Argali (Ovis ammon poli) belonging to 

 the collection of the late Mr. A. 0. Hume, c.b., presented by Mrs. 

 Ross Scott. 



