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printing of a " Catalogue of Burmese Arachnida " commenced. 

 The manuscripts of Volumes XXIV., XXV., XXVI., and 

 XXVII. of the "Catalogue of Birds," and the third volume 

 of the " Catalogue of Snakes," are in course of preparation, 

 and well advanced. 



The following are the most important reports or descriptive 

 papers which have been prepared by the Departmental Staff 

 in connection with various parts of the collection, especially 

 recent acquisitions, and have been published in scientific 

 journals : — 



1. " On some specimens of Mammals from Oman, S. E. 

 Arabia ; " " On the Mammals of Nyassaland , " " On the 

 Dwarf Antelopes of the genus Madoqua ;" "On some 

 Gazelles brought by Sir E. Loder from Algeria;" "A pre- 

 liminary revision of the Bornean species of the genus 

 Mus ; " " On some Mammals from Engano Island, West of 

 Sumatra;" "On a new Armadillo from Bolivia;" "De- 

 scriptions of two new species of Macroscelides ; " " On 

 Micoureus griseus, with the description of a new genus and 

 species of Didelphyidce ; " " Descriptions of some new Neo- 

 tropical Muridce ; " " On two new Chinese Rodents ; " " De- 

 scription of two new Bats of the genus Kerivoula," by 

 O. Thomas. 



2. " On a Collection of Birds sent by Mr. A. H. Everett 

 from the Sulu Archipelago " ; " Additional list of Birds from 

 Mount Kalulong "; "Additions to the Avi-fauna of Mount Kina 

 Balu " ; " Notes on Birds collected in Northern Borneo by 

 Mr. A. H. Everett " ; " On a collection of Birds from Mount 

 Mulu, in Sarawak " ; " Additions to the Avi-fauna of Mount 

 Dulit " ; " On the genus Diphyllodes," by R. Bowdler Sharpe. 

 " On the Birds of the Philippine Islands, Parts I. — III. " ; 

 " On a new species of Guinea Fowl," by W. R. 0. Grant. 



3. " Report on the collection of Reptiles and Fishes made 

 by Dr. J. W. Gregory during his expedition to Mount Kenia," 

 by Dr. Giinther. " On the herpetological fauna of Palawan 

 and Balabac " ; " List of Reptiles and Batrachians from Para- 

 guay " ; " List of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by 

 Dr. Modigliani in the Mentawei Islands " ; " Second Report 

 on additions to the Lizard Collection in the Natural History 

 Museum " ; " On the variations of the Smooth Snake " ; " On 

 Vipera renardi " ; " On the genus Phryniscus of Wieg- 

 mann " ; " Third Report on additions to the Batrachian Col- 

 lection in the Natural History Museum " ; " On the Fresh- 

 water Perches of Chili " ; " On new Fresh-water Fishes from 

 Borneo " ; " On a new Siluroid Fish from Burma " ; " On a 

 new Eagle Ray from Muscat," by G. A. Boulenger. 



4. " C)n the Land-shells from the Sulu Archipelago " ; " On 

 the Opisthostomce of Borneo " ; " Descriptions of two new 



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