118 accounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Department of Zoology. 

 I. — Arrangement and Conservation. 



Mammalia. 



Among the additions noted below, attention may be directed 

 to the gift by Mr. Ivor Buxton of the type-specimen of a new- 

 species of Antelope from the Mountains of Gallaland. The 

 remounting of the large male Orang-utan is also a noteworthy 

 feature. 



New cases fitted in the first bay on the right of the Upper 

 Mammal Gallery have entailed a re-arrangement of the Bats ; 

 and further changes in this Gallery are now in progress in 

 order to relieve the congestion in the gallery below. The 

 Rodents have already been moved to the Upper Gallery; while 

 in the Lower Gallery the Edentates have been transferred to 

 one of the cases formerly occupied by the Rodents, and the 

 Tapirs and the Rhinoceros heads and skulls have been shifted 

 from the west end of the Gallery to a case further east. This 

 has liberated a case at the West end for the expansion of the 

 series of Oxen ; and has also given additional room for the 

 Carnivora on the South, and for the Deer on the ^'orth side. 

 The descriptive and other labels in the galleries have been 

 revised as occasion required, and many new ones added. 



The additions to the exhibition series by presentation 

 include the following specimens : — Three large photographs of 

 Red Indian Chiefs, presented by the Southern Pacific Company. 

 An Orang-utan, presented by Dr. Charles Hose. A Mona 

 Monkey from the Zoological Society's Gardens. A White- 

 fronted Langur, presented by 0. Thomas, Esq. A Javan 

 Tupai, or Tree-Shrew, presented by W. E. Balston, Esq. An 

 African Hunting-Dog, the gift of the Hon. Gerald Legge. A 

 Malay Tiger, the gift of D. Hay, Esq. A yonng Leopard-Seal, 

 presented by Sir Ernest Shackleton. A Monk- Seal, from the 

 Zoological Society's Menagerie. A Black Scaly-tailed Squirrel, 

 presented by Rowland Ward, Esq. Two Pigmy Squirrels, the 

 gift of 0. Thomas, Esq., F.R.S. Two Canadian Beavers, presented 

 by A. P. Leeston Smith, Esq. A Striped Mouse, a Crest-tailed 

 Mouse, and two African Bamboo-Rats, the gift of C. D. Rudd, 

 Esq. Head of Kenia Buffalo, presented by D. O. Roberts, Esq. 

 Head of Kwilu Buff'alo, presented by M. W. Hilton-Simpson, 

 Esq. Horns of a Buffalo from Lake ChaH district, presented 

 by Dr. H. K. W. Kumm. Skull and horns of Siamese Tsaine, 

 presented by A. A. Porter, Esq. Two skulls and horns of 

 Burmese Tsaine, presented by H. R. Cook, Esq. Head of Sable 

 Antelope, presented by G. J. Muir, Esq. A Kennion's and 

 a Seistan Gazelle, the gift of Major R. L. Kennion. A 

 Mongolian Gazelle, presented by Robert Hayne, Esq. A new 

 Gazelle, presented by M. V. Hay, Esq. Head of White Bighorn 



