DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. 107 



as compared with 54,957 in the year 1894. 



.30,185 



1893. 



76,011 



1892. 



48,771 



1891. 



77,658 



1890. 



69,270 



1889. 



44,087 



1888. 



65,199 



1887. 



36,358 



1886. 



Marnrnalia. — The additions to this class during the year 

 were one thousand and six, ninety-four being types or typical 

 specimens. Some of the most important are : — 



A cast of the type skull of Cervicapra chanleri ; presented 

 by Messrs. R. Ward & Co. 



The type specimen of a Rodent (Sciuropterus aurantiacus ; 

 received in exchange from the Wurzburg Museum. 



The skin and skull of a Burchell's Zebra {E. hurchelli) ; 

 presented by R. Crawshay Esq. 



The skin and skull of a Seal (Fhoca foitida), from Finland ; 

 presented by Norman Douglas, Esq. 



One hundred and four Mammals, including many Rodents, 

 from various localities, chiefly Belgium, Germany and Spain ; 

 presented by Lord Lilford. 



Five specimens in alcohol from North-west Spain ; presented 

 by Dr. V. L. Seoane. 



A series of seven Stoats from Italy ; presented by J. J. S. 

 Whitaker, Esq. 



A stuffed specimen of a Moufflon {Ovis musimon) from 

 the Genargentu Range, Central Sardinia ; presented by G. F. 

 Barclay, Esq. 



Fourteen Rodents from Great Salvage Island ; presented by 

 W. R. Ogilvie Grant, Esq. ^ 



A set of fifty-six small Mammals, mostly of the genus Sorex 

 from America, and containing many typical specimens ; pre- 

 sented by the United States Department of Agriculture, 

 through Dr. C. Hart Merriam. 



Eight skins from Trinidad, comprising examples of Holo- 

 chilus palmlpes, Oryzomys hrevicauda, and Echhnys trini- 

 tatis ; presented by H. Caracciolo, Esq. 



A series of seventy-two small Mammals from Bogota, con- 

 taining examples of Oryzomys princep)s, 0. childi and 0. 

 laniger, new to science ; presented by Oldfield Thomas, Esq. 



The type specimen of a new South American Marsupial 

 (Coenolestes obscurus), which represents a family and 

 perhaps a sub-order entirely different from any other now 

 living, and is a surviving representative of some of the fossil 

 marsupials from the Santa Cruz beds of Patagonia ; presented 

 by Oldfield Thomas, Esq. 



0.97. Two 



