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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



PORIFERA. 



The following were the more noteworthy additions : — 



Thirty-two specimens of Astrosclera willeyana and nineteen 

 specimens of Murrayona 'phanoleijis from 50 fathoms off 

 Christmas Island, Indian Ocean ; collected and 'presented hy 

 R. Kirkfatrick, Esq. 



Seventeen Sponges from Puerto Rico, detached from a cable 

 in 49 fathoms; presented hy Captain A. Morrell {West India 

 and Panama Telegraph Company). 



Eighty-seven bottles of Sponges from the Antarctic, 

 collected by the " Nimrod " Expedition ; presented hy Sir 

 Ernest Shackleton. 



Sixteen specimens and twenty-four microscopic preparations 

 of Hexactinellid Sponges, obtained by the " Gauss " German 

 Antarctic Expedition ; presented hy the Berlin Museum. 



Fifteen specimens (a second consignment) of Sponges 

 collected by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition ; received in 

 exchange from the late Professor E. van Beneden. 



Summary of the Acquisitions in the Bepartraent of Zoology 

 during 1910. 





Donations. 



Purchases. 



Exchanges. 



Total. 





i Wild 

 Mammalia < Domesticated 

 ( Human - 



2,862 



374 



10 



3,246 



11 



— 



— 



11 



2 



_ 



— 



2 



^^gg j Skins - - - . 

 \ Eggs, nests, and skeletons 



3,505 



2,983 



1,019 



7,507 



893 



977 



— 



1,870 



Eeptilia ----- 



552 



56 



— 



608 



Batrachia - - - . 



166 



43 







209 



Pisces ----- 



616 



354 



2 



972 



Tunica ta - . - - 



63 











63 



Mollusca - - . . 



2,150 



802 



— 



2,952 



TTi«pr>tai^^^''^"'§'^^™ Collection 

 Insecta<| ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ 



260,000 

 61,591 



47,558 



"724} 



369,873 



Prototracheata 



1 



2 







3 



Myriopoda - - ' - 



54 



71 



39 



164 



Arachnida - . - . 



],U6 



2.59 



— 



1,405 



Crustacea . - - . 



1.111 



441 



89 



1.641 



Pycnogonida - - . - 



10 





— 



10 



Echinoderma - - . . 



18 



195 



— 



213 



Worms - - _ - 



40 



77 



1 



118 



Brachiopoda - - - 





— 



_ 



— 



Polyzoa - - . , - 



30 



— 



— 



30 



Anthozoa - - - . 



17 



16 



— 



33 



Hydrozoa 



19 



— 



— 



19 



Porifera - . . . 



203 







15 



218 



Protozoa . - . - 



335,060 



— 





— 



Totals - - •- 



54,208 



1,899 



391,167 



