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Department of Zoology. 



I. — Arrangement and Conservation. 



Mammalia. 



Mammal Galleries. 



Considerable progress has been made with the Exhibition of 

 the collection of Big Game Trophies shot by the late Captain 

 F. C. Selous, D.S.O., and presented by Mrs. Selous in 1919. 

 More than half the Collection has been placed in position on the 

 Walls of the South, East, and West Corridors. Wooden screens 

 have been prepared for fixing into the windows of the East 

 Corridor; as soon as these screens are in position the remainder 

 of the Collection will be exhibited on them. The finest of the 

 Kudu heads has been placed over the Selous Memorial, and 

 another in a corresponding position on the other side of the 

 Wall. The heads of the two largest Moose in the Collection 

 are exhibited over the arches, under the main staircase. The 

 whole Collection has been registered and labelled and the pi*e- 

 paration of special exhibition labels is now being undertaken. A 

 Catalogue of this Collection has been prepared and will shortly 

 be ready for press. 



The central case in the Upper Mammal Gallery has been re- 

 painted and the specimens rearranged. Other than this no 

 special alterations in the arrangement of the Mammal Galleries 

 have been made, and work has been confined in the main to the 

 installation of neAv specimens and the rewriting and printing of 

 such labels as required modification in order to bring them up 

 to date. The Sunscreens of the windows in the West Corridor 

 have been renewed, the screens being placed inside the windows, 

 instead of outside as formerly. 



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: 2 Elliot's 

 Colobus Monkeys (Colobvs ellioti), a Black Guereza {Colohns 

 sutanas), 2 Dent's Guenons (Ccrropithecus denti), a Stuhlmann's 

 Guenon [Cercopithecus lencampyx stuhlmanni), and an Ituri 

 Mangabey {Cercocehvs alhifjena ituriciis). In the Carnivora : a 

 Caracal {Felis caracal), an Indian Wild Dog [Cvon- dnlJiunenis/s), 

 a Maned Wolf (Chrysocyo7i juhatus), and a Cape Hunting Dog 

 (Lycaon pictus). In the Rodentia : a West African Scaly-tail 

 (Anomalnrus erythronotns), and an Ituri Scaly-tail (Anomalurvs 

 pusillus). In the Ungulata : 2 Mongalla Gazelles {Gazeila 

 albonatata) , 2 Angolan Springbucks {Antidorcas marsvpialis 

 centralis), a Sudan Bushbuck (Tragelaphns scriptus hori), an 

 Angolan Duiker (Cephalophvs grivimi splendidulus), a young 

 Yellow-backed Duiker (Cephalvphus sylvicnltrix), a Mrs. Gray's 

 Waterbuck (Kobus maria), and an Angolan Gemsbuck {Ory.v 

 gazeila). In the Edentata: A Tamandua Anteater (Tamandita. 

 tetradactyla), a Giant Pangolin (3fanis gigas), and a Piainy 

 Armadillo [Chlamypliorus tnrncatn.f). In the Marsupialia : an 



