98 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



as compared with 48,771 in the year 1891 



77,658 



1890. 



69,270 



1889. 



44,087 



1888. 



65,199 



1887. 



36,358 



1886. 



123,358 



1885. 



45,574 



1884. 



31,466 



1883. 



The most important acquisitions were the following : — 



1. A set of specimens of the Large Game obtained by St. G. 

 Littledale, Esq., during his last shooting expedition into 

 the Caucasus. They consist of skins and skeletons of the 

 European Bison, Ibex (Capra cylindricornis), Chamois, Stag 

 and Wild Boar. Of these the pair of Bisons are of great value 

 this species being nearly extinct, and said to occur in a 

 perfectly wild state in the Caucasus only. 



2. A complete series of the Mammals obtained by Dr. John 

 Anderson, f.r.s., during his exploration of the Fauna of 

 Egypt ; comprising one hundred and thirty specimens ; pre- 

 sented by Dr. Anderson. 



3. The collection of Chilian Birds, formed by the late 

 Harry Berkeley James, Esq., F.z.s. ; consisting of one thousand 

 and forty-two specimens ; presented by Mr. James shortly 

 before his death. 



4. The eighth instalment of the Salvin-Godman collection 

 of Birds referred to in the Report of 1885. This series consists 

 of four thousand four hundred and forty-seven specimens, 

 and contains twelve types and twenty-five species new to the 

 collection. 



5. The second instalment of a collection of Birds' Eggs, con- 

 sisting of about three thousand specimens belonging to the 

 Orders Striges, Picariae, Coccyges and Passeriformes; 

 presented by Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



6. A series of one thousand and thirteen skins of Wading 

 Birds ; presented by Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



7. A valuable series of Vertebrates from the Nyassa high- 

 lands, comprising nineteen human skulls of the Angoni tribe, 

 sixty-seven Mammals, two hundred and sixty-four Birds, 

 twenty-two Reptiles and nine Batrachians, including many 

 species new to the collection ; presented by H. H. Johnston, 

 Esq., C.B., H. B. M. Commissioner for Nyassa Land. 



8. The Lords of the Admiralty have presented four other 

 consignments of zoological specimens collected by Messrs. J. 



J. Walker 



