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as compared with 48,600 in the year 1895. 

 54,957 „ 1894. 



MO, 185 



1893 



76,011 



1892 



48,771 



1891 



77,658 



1890 



69,270 



1889 



44,081 



1888 



a5,199 



1887 



Mammalia.— The additions to this class during the year 

 have amounted to five hundred and forty. The following are 

 the most important : — 



Sixteen small Mammals from Sandringham, for the exhibi- 

 tion series ; presented by His Koyal Highness the Prince of 

 V»^ales. 



A Fallow Deer (Cervus dama) and a Thar ( Heviitragua 

 jemlaicus) from Woburn Park ; presented by the Duke of 

 Bedford. 



Along-haired Leopard {Felis 'po.'rdus var.) from Amurland; 

 presented by Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



The head of a Wild Goat {Ca/pra hircus) from Skye ; pre- 

 sented by Sir Donald Currie. 



Six Mammals from Spitzbergen ; presented by Dr. J. W. 

 Gregory. 



Twenty Mammals from the Cameroons, and sixteen from 

 the French Congo ; presented by G. L. Bates, Esq. 



A Sable Antelope {Hippotragus niger), a Gnu and twenty 

 small Mammals from Nyasaland ; presented by Sir H. H. 

 Johnston. 



Pairs of Bontebok, Blesbok, Gnu and Inyala Antelopes, a 

 male of the Springbok, and fifty -four small Mammals, includ- 

 ing, the types of two new species, from Matabeleland ; pre- 

 sented by F. C. Selous, Esq. 



Ten Mammals from Central Africa, including the type of a 

 new Rodent (Lophuromys ansorgei) ; presented by Dr. W. J. 

 Ansorge. 



Skins and skeletons of Speke's and Clarke's Gazelles 

 (Gazella spekei), and Ammodorcas clarkei) ; presented by 

 Ford G. Barclay, Esq. 



Three Antelopes from Angoniland, including the type of a 

 new Steinbok {Raphiceros sharpei) ; presented by Consul 

 Alfred Sharpe. 



The head of a Giraffe from the Kalahari Desert ; presented 

 l3y H. A. Bryden, Esq. 



The typical skin of a new Water Buck (Kohus senganus), 

 and three other Mammals from Nyasaland ; presented by 

 R. Crawshay, Esq. 



Two Gazelles {Gazella hennettii), from Aden ; presented by 

 E. N. Buxton, Esq. 



0.125. G 4 Five 



