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Skulls of five Antelopes from Somali-land ; presented by 

 Colonel Arthur Paget. 



Ten Mammalia from North Borneo, collected by Charles 

 Hose, Esq. ; purchased. 



The type specimen of a new Gibbon {Hylohates hainanus) 

 from Hainan ; received from W. T. Lay, Esq. 



Skins of a Yak {Bos grunniens) and of two Chiru {Pan- 

 tholops hodgsoni) from Ladak ; presented by H. C. V. Hunter, 

 Esq. 



The typical horns of Cervus schomhurgki from Siam ; 

 presented by the Science and Art Department. 



The head of a Nylghai {Boselaphus tragocamelus) from 

 JuUunder ; presented by G. A. Carmichael, Esq. 



Skeletons of Kogia hremceps and Prodelphinus micro j)S 

 from Trincomalee ; presented by Hugh Nevill, Esq. 



Six small Mammalia from Trinidad ; presented by J. H. 

 Hart, Esq., f.l.s. 



Four Bats from Dominica, including the type of Steno- 

 derma nichoUsi ; presented by the West India Exploration 

 Committee. 



Ten Rodents from Guatemala ; presented by F. D. Godman, 

 Esq., F.R.S., and O. Salvin, Esq., F.R.S. 



Birds. — Besides the collection of Eggs presented by Mr. 

 Seebohm, seven thousand eight hundred and sixty-six spe- 

 cimens of Skins and Eggs have been added to this class. 

 Some of these additions have been already mentioned ; of 

 the others the following are the most important : — 



Twenty-six Eggs ; presented by P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.R.s. 



Fifty-four Parrots and fifty Eggs, including the type of 

 Lorius tibialis ; purchased of the Zoological Society. 



Twenty-eight specimens of Game Birds from Argyllshire ; 

 presented by F. Menteish Ogilvie, Esq. 



Fifty-five Game and Wading Birds from Lincolnshire ; pre- 

 sented by J. H. Caton Haigh, Esq. 



Sixty Birds from St. Brides, South Wales ; presented by 

 the Hon. W. Edwardes. 



Twelve specimens from Croatia, including examples of a 

 supposed new species of Shag {Phalacrocorax croaticus) ; 

 presented by Professor S. Brusina. 



Twenty-three Birds from various parts of Asia ; presented 

 by Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



A collection of fifty-six Birds from the vicinity of Muscat ; 

 presented by Surgeon Major A. S. G. Jayakar, 



Four hundred and eighteen specimens, collected by the late 

 Dr. Stoliczka in Yarkand, during Forsyth's second expedition 

 in 1874 ; received in exchange from the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta. 



A pair of the Red-billed Curlew {Ibidorhynchus struthersi), 

 together with thirty-seven other Birds and Nests from the 

 Pamir ; presented by St. George Littledale, Esq. 



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