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The mounted specimens presented to tlie Museum during the 

 year by the Trustees of the Eowland Ward Bequest comprised 

 27 mammals and birds. 



Presents. 



An offer was accepted from H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to 

 present to the Museum the skeleton of an Arab stallion, 

 " Dwarka," bred in the Arabian Desert by the Anazeh tribe 

 and described as the most perfect Arab ever seen. 



Mr. E. Dukinfield Jones removed all restriction's and condi- 

 tions from the deed of gift, made during the previous year, of 

 his collection of 20,000 Brazilian Lepidoptera, which thus became 

 the absolute property of the Trustees. 



Among other gifts of special importance may be mentioned 

 those from: — 



Mr. G. E. Bryant — A collection of 21,000 specimens of 

 Coleoptera from the East Indies, Australia and South 

 America, in addition to more than 16,000 specimens 

 which he had presented during the previous year. 



Lt.-Col. C. G. Nurse — A named collection of 9,400 speci- 

 mens of Indian Hymenoptera Aculeata. 



Sir George F. Hampson, Bart. — 126 natural history pub- 

 lications and his collection of separata, &c., with notes. 



Mr. G. L. Bates — A collection of 590 birds made by him 

 in Cameroon. 



Capt. G. Blaine — An important collection of African Big 

 Game, from Angola. 



H.R.H. Prince Abhakara of Chumpon — A collection of 

 fishes, cephalopods, crustaceans, arachnids and insects 

 from Siam, with a large series of water-colour drawings 

 of Siamese fishes. 



Mr. M. Maxwell — Th© skull of a Javan Rhinoceros and 

 two frontlets, with horns, of the Javan Banteng. 



Lord Brabournei — A collection of birds made near Lima, 

 Peru, by the late Lord Brabourne. 



Messrs. Johan Rasmussen og Alex. Lange of Sandefjord, 

 Norway — Certain very interesting whale specimens from 

 South Georgia. 



The Government of th© Union of South Africa^A nearly 

 complete skeleton of a Bryde's Rorqual. 



Prof. P. S. Pavlovic, Director of the Natural History 

 Museum, Belgrade^ — A valuable collection of about 

 2,500 land and freshwater shells from Serbia. 



Ex'pedition. 



A oollecting expedition to th© West Coast of Africa, made by 

 Mr. Willoughby P. Lowe, resulted in the acquisition for the 

 Museum of 110 mammals (including two new species) and 503 

 birds (including five new species). 



