104 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUAf. 



Five Dik-diks (Madoqua phillipsi and guentheri), front 

 Somaliland ; presented by Captain G. F. J. Leather. 



A Zebra {E quits zebra) from Cradock, Cape Colony ; pre- 

 sented by C. Haseltine, Esq. 



An Indian Elephant {Elejjhas indicus), which had lived in 

 the Zoological Gardens since 1876 ; presented by His Royal 

 Highness the Prince of Wales. 



Eleven small Mammals from the Sikkim Himalayas and 

 Assam ; presented by Surgeon General L. A. Waddell. 



Twelve specimens from Singapore and Keddah ; presented 

 by Lieutenant S. S. Flower. 



A Parti-coloured Bear (CEluroj^us melanoleucus), and eight 

 other large Mammals from the mountains of Sze-chuen ; pur- 

 chased. 



Twenty-nine small Mammals from Kuatun and Foochow. 

 including specimens of the rare Rodent {Tt/j^hlomys cinereus);. 

 presented by Messrs. J. de la Touche and C. B. Rickett. 



A stuffed Alaskan Bear ( Ursiis dalli) ; purchased. 



Twenty-four small Mammals from Costa Rica, collected by 

 Mr. C. F. Underwood, and including the type of a new Bat 

 {Glyiihonycteris sylvestris) ; purchased. 



Three Mammalia from Ecuador, including a new Pygmy 

 Deer (Pudiia inej^histoj^kilis), and a new Fish-eating Rat 

 (Ichthyomys soderstruini i ; presented by Consul L. Soderstrom, 



The typical specimens of seven new species of Columbian, 

 Venezuelan and Argentine Rodents; presented by Oldheld 

 Thomas. 



Ten Bats from the Amazons ; presented by Messrs. E, 

 E. Austen and F. O. P. Cambridge. 



The skeleton of a rare Dolphin (Fontojjoria hlainvillei) 

 and twenty small Mammals from Argentina and Patagonia, 

 including tlie type of a new Rodent {Eligmodontia moreni) ^ 

 received in exchange from the La Plata Museum. 



Eight small Mammals from Theresopolis, Rio Janeiro, in- 

 cluding a specimen of the rare Blarinomys hreviceiDS ; pre- 

 sented by Dr. E. A. Goeldi. 



Five Mammalia from Tasmania ; presented by Mrs. G. E, 

 Frere. 



Thirty-four small Mammals from Trobriand and Woodlark 

 Islands, including the types of three new species ; purchased. 



The skeleton of a rare Whale {Berardius arnouxi) from 

 New Zea,land ; purchased. 



Aves. — Twenty-one thousand nine hundred specimens have 

 been added to the collection during the past year, of which 

 sixteen thousand nine hundred and fifty constitute the 

 Seebohm Bequest. The following are some of the chief of the 

 smaller acquisitions : — 



A Golden Eagle (Aquila chryscetus), from Sutherlandshire ; 

 presented by G. T. Stibbard, Esq. 



Twenty-two Geese, Ducks, and Wading-birds from Holland ; 

 presented by T. M. Pike and H. L. Popham, Esqs. 



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