92 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



From Miss A. M. R. Stevens.— A very fine specimen of the 

 same reptile, from Behar. 



From the Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries. — 

 A stuffed seal (Phoca grcEnlandica) from the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence. 



From Mr. Thorpe, of St. Helena (through the Colonial 

 Office). — The shell of a largo Land-Tortoise {Testudo elephan- 

 tina) which died at St. Helena about 20 years ago. 



From the Hon. Walter Eothschild. — A life-size photograph 

 of a very large Tortoise (Testudo daudinii). 



From the President of the American Museum of Natural 

 History, New York. — A series of 13 large photographs of 

 skeletons and restorations of extinct Tertiary Mammalia. 



Exchanges. ... 



Exchanges of specimens have been made with the following 

 institutions and individuals : — 



Of Zoological Specimens. — With the Canadian Government 

 Museum, Ottawa (through Prof. Macoun) ; the Provincial 

 Museum, Victoria, British Columbia; the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta ; the Museum of the California Academy of Sciences, 

 San Francisco ; the Museum of the University of St. 

 Petersburg ; the Hamburg Museum ; the Turin Museum ; the 

 La Plata Museum ; the Royal Siamese Museum, Bangkok ; 

 the Natural History Society of Magdeburg (through Dr. 

 WolterstorfT) ; Dr. P. L. Sclater, f.e.s. ; the Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild ; Mr. H. J. Elwes, f.r.s. ; Mr. Martin Jacoby ; 

 Dr. Ffolliott Darling ; Mr. D. Ogilby ; Mr. E. Gerrard, junr. ; 

 Dr. F. Ohans, of Hamburg ; Dr. R. Koehler, of Lyons ; and 

 Dr. A. Handlirsch and Dr. F. Warner, of Vienna. 



Of Fossils and Casts of Fossils. — With the Royal College 

 of Science ; the South Australian Museum, Adelaide ; the 

 La Plata Museum ; Mrs. A. D. Davidson, of Whiting, Indiana ; 

 Prof. A. Gaudry, of the Paris Museum ; and Dr. Paul 

 Oppenheim. 



Of Minerals and Meteorites. — With the University of 

 Aberdeen (through Prof. H. A. Nicholson) ; the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta ; the University of Munich ; the Riks 

 Museum, Stockholm (through Baron Nordenskiold) ; and 

 Mr. W. T. Ferrier, of the Geological Survey of Canada. 



Of Botanical Specimens. — With Dr. George King, of the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta ; Dr. Engler, of the Botanical 

 Museum, Berlin; and Mrs. Weber van Bosse. 



An exchange has also been effected with the Royal College 

 of Science, through Prof. Judd, C.B., f.r.s., of a duplicate 

 copy of William Smith's large geological map, published in 



