138 ACCOTTNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Hydrozoa and Porifera. 

 By James Kitchie, m.a., b.sc. : — 



" Hydroids from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, collected 

 by C. W. Andrews, D.sc, f.r.s." 



Proc. Zool. See, 1910, p. 826. 

 By R. Kirkpatrick : — 



" The Hj'-drozoa and Porifera of St. Helena." 



76., p. 127. 

 " On Hexactinellid Sponge Spicules and their names," 

 Part I. and Part II." 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) v., pp. 208, 347. 

 " Further Notes on Merlia normani." lb., p. 288. 



"On the Affinities of Astrosclera willeyana, Lister." 



lb., p. 380. 

 " A Sponge with a Siliceous and Calcareous Skeleton." 



Nature, May 19, 1910, p. 338. 



" On a remarkable Pharetronid Sponge from Christmas 



Island." Proc. Roy. Soc, B. Ixxxiii., p. 124. 



" Preliminary notice on Hexactinellida of the Gauss 



Expedition." Zool. Anz., xxxv., p. 293. 



By F. E. ScHULZE and R. Kirkpatrick : — 



*' Die Hexactinelliden der deutschen sUdpolar-Expedition, 



1901-1903." 



V. — A cquisitions.* 



Mammalia. 



The additions to this class during the past year number 

 three thousand two hundred and fifty-nine, of which the 

 following are most worthy of note : — 



Special attention may be directed to the Rudd Collection 

 from British East Africa, the Duke of Bedford's Collection 

 from China, Mr. McConnell's Collection from British Guiana, 

 the Mammals from Ngamiland presented by the Subscribers to 

 the Lake Ngami Expedition Fund, the Collection from the Kei 

 and Aru Islands presented by the Subscribers to the British 

 Ornithologists' Union Expedition to Dutch New Guinea, and 

 the remarkable new Antelope (Tragelaphus buxtoni) presented 

 by Mr. Ivor Buxton. Further particulars of these specimens 

 will be found below, under the respective Geographical sub- 

 headings. 



Europe. 



Three Field Mice from Fair Island, Shetland Islands ; 

 presented by Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford. 



Three Orkney Voles from Stromness, Orkney Islands ; 

 presented by 0. Ellison, Esq. 



Fifteen mammals from France, Roumania and Portugal ; 

 presented by the Hon. N. G. Rothschild. 



* A table showing the number of specimens added during the year is 

 given on page 156. 



