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collection of Birds and Mammals from the Philippines ; the 

 second* instalment of the Bates collection of Heteromerous 

 Coleoptera (13,789 specimens) ; a fine stuffed Lion from 

 Machako's, British East Africa, shot by Mr. S. L. Hinde ; the 

 Savin collection of fossil vertebrate remains from the Norfolk 

 Forest- bed series of deposits ; a series of fossil remains from 

 the Oxford Clay of Fletton, selected from the collection of 

 Mr. A. N. Leeds ; and a fine set of specimens of American 

 Palaeozoic Bryozoa. The details of these and of many other 

 important purchases made during the year will be found in 

 the reports of the keepers of the several Departments. 



Presents. 



The number of separate presents reported as having been 

 received during the year by the several Departments of the 

 Museum amounted to 1622, as against 1518 in the preceding 

 year. Many of these comprised a large number of specimens. 

 The details of all the more important of them will be found 

 in the Reports of the Keepers of Departments, but the follow- 

 ing are mentioned here also as being of special interest : — 



From F. Du Cane Godman and Osbert Salvin, Esqs. — 

 Further portions of their collection of the Coleoptera of 

 Central America, comprising 5,468 specimens ; the first instal- 

 ment of their collection of New World Lepidoptera of the 

 family Danainse, comprising 486 specimens ; and 2,586 

 specimens of Heterocerous Lepidoptera of various orders from 

 Central America. 



From Colonel John Biddulph. — A fine collection of birds 

 from Gilgit, consisting of 3,386 skins of nearly 250 species. 



From Dr. John Anderson, f.r.s, — A large and valuable 

 collection of Reptiles and Batrachians made by him in Egypt 

 and Nubia between the years 1891 and 1895, and forming the 

 basis of a large work which he is about to publish. 



From Mr. F. C. Selous. — An interesting series of South 

 African Mammals, including a Springbok, and pairs each of 

 Bontebok, Blesbok, Gnu and Inyala Antelopes. 



From Mr. S. L. Hinde, Resident Medical Ofiicer at Machako's, 

 British East Africa. — An interesting and valuable series of 

 Natural History specimens (chiefly Mammals, Birds, and 

 Insects) collected by him in British East Africa, and including 

 specimens of species hitherto unrepresented in the Museum 

 collection. 



From Captain E. 0. Wathen. — The skeleton and skin of a 

 Gavial (Gavialis gangeticus), from near Muttra, in the 

 North-West Provinces of India. 



The first instalment was procured in 1881. 



