BRITISH MUSEUM (NATUEAL HISTORY). 9:^ 



through Somaliland to Lake Rudolph, includino' the type 

 specimens of 24 new species of birds, a skin and skull of the 

 African Hunting Dog {Lycaon pictus), a new shrew, new 

 species of Reptiles and Batrachians, the types of the new 

 species of Arachnida and Myriopoda discovered, and a fine 

 collection of plants. 



From the Surgeon-General, U.S. Army, Washington. — The 

 " Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's 

 Office " (16 volumes quarto), a very valuable bibliography of 

 the medical library of that Department. 



Exchanges. 



The coloured cast of the original restoration of the 

 entire skeleton of Ignanodon Bernissartensis, a gigantic 

 extinct reptile, obtained last year by exchange with the 

 Brussels Museum, has been mounted and set up in the gallery 

 of Fossil Reptiles. 



Exchanges of specimens have been made with the 

 undermentioned institutions and individuals : — 



Of zoological specimens. — With the Berlin Museum ; the 

 Zoological Museum, Christiania ; the Senckenberg Museum,, 

 Frankfort-on-the Main ; the Para Museum; Mons. Rene 

 Oberthur ; Mons. E. L. Ragonot ; and the Hon. L. Walter 

 Rothschild. 



Of fossils and casts of fossils. — With the South African 

 Museum, Cape Town ; the Albany Museum, Grahamstown ; 

 the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort-on-the-Main ; Professor 

 A. Bigot, of Caen University ; and Professor L. Riitimeyer. 



Of minerals. — With Mr. A. Hamberg. 



Of botanical specimens. — With Mrs. Tindall, and Dr. 

 Schlechter. 



Duplicates. 



The Norwich Castle Museum and the De La Salle Training 

 College, Waterford, have been placed on the list of provincial 

 institutions to receive grants of duplicate specimens of natural 

 history. 



Grants of duplicate zoological specimens have been made to 

 the Museums of Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham, Manchester 

 (Owens College), Ipswich, Bristol, Brighton, and Lisbon; to 

 the Royal College of Science, London ; to the Museums of 

 Science and Art at Edinburgh and Dublin ; and to the Hartley 

 Institution, Southampton. 



Duplicate fossils have been presented to the Manchester 



Museum (Owens College), the Queen's Faculty of Medicine at 



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