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mentioued in tliis connection : — Mr. R. C. Wroughton, Mr. T. B. 

 Fry, Captain P. S. Kershaw, Mr. Hugli Smith, Miss W. M. 

 Davidson, and Miss A. Grasemann, 



Mr. R. C. "Wroughton, with the assistance of Mr. T. B. Fry, 

 Miss "VV. M. Davidson and Miss A. Grasemann, has worked out 

 the various collections received from the Bombay Natural History 

 Society's Mammal Survey of India and has published repoi-ts on 

 them. Mr. Wroughton, with the same help, has again been 

 engag'-ed u!pon the preparation of a Uist of the types in the 

 collection. This list already affords most valuable assistance 

 in carrying on the work of the department; and it has now been 

 completed for the orders Primates and Rodents. 



The arrangement of the skeleton collection has made progress, 

 but more cabinets are much needed. A number of Cetacean 

 skeletons have been added, and numerous casts of heads, blow- 

 holes and valves, and of paddles of various Cetaceans have been 

 made. 



DOMESTICATESD AnIMALS. 



The most noteworthy addition to the Collection of Domesti- 

 cated Animals is the skeleton of the famous Thoroughbred 

 iStallion " Eclipse," which the Ti^iistees have accepted on perma- 

 nent loan from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 

 London. Eclipse was bred by the Duke of Cumberland in 1764 

 and died in 1789. He was never beaten, and during his two 

 years' turf career was the winner of 18 races. 



The additions by presentation to the series of Domesticated 

 Animals include the following: — A mounted specimen of a 

 German breed of Pointer, presented by Captain J. Hamilton 

 Leigh ; a Tibetan Spaniel, presented by Mrsi. Wilmot Corfield ; 

 a Toy Trawler Spaniel, presented by Captain A. W. F. Fuller; 

 a Pekinese Spaniel, presented by Mrs. L. Raymond Mallock; a 

 Fancy Rat, presented by Ralph Blake, Esq. ; 3 Fancy Rats, 

 presented by H. C. Brooke, Esq. ; a Belgian Bearded Bantam 

 Hen, presented by Richard Terrot, Esq. ; a Racino- Pigeon 

 (holder of the World's record for speed), presented by Dr. M. E. 

 Tresidder; and a Linnet-Canary hybrid, presented by Messrs. 

 Martin and Archer. 



AVE'S. 



In the Exhibition Gallery a start has been made in the re- 

 arrangement and remounting of the various families of Passerine 

 Birds. The following groups have been recently completed : — 

 Pycnonotidae, Timeliidae, Troglodytidae, Cinclidae, Mimidae 

 and Turdidae. 



During the year the mounted specimens in every wall-case 

 have been thoroughly cleaned and overhauled, as also' the nesting 

 group series. 



In the Bird Room, the Paridae, Sittidae, Certhiidae, Regu- 

 lidae, Motacillidae, Alaudidae, Podicipidae, and Limicolae, 

 besides various independent genera, have been revised and re^ 

 arranged according to the latest views of systematists. 



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