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have been suspended from the ceiling to economize the floor- 

 space ; and iron bands have been placed round the pillars to 

 serve as supports for large skulls and horns. New cabinets 

 have been added for the reception of the Ungulate skeletons. 

 The skeleton of " Persimmon " exhibited in the North Hall has 

 been remounted. A cast of a dissection of the Paddle of the 

 Pilot-Whale has been made and placed in the Whale Gallery. 

 This appears to be the best means of displaying such specimens 

 with the bones accurately in position ; and it is proposed to 

 add other specimens to the series as opportunity occurs. 



Additions of special interest to the Osteological and Anthropo- 

 logical Collections ;— The face-mask and hand of a Bushman 104 

 years old, taken during life, presented by Thackeray Edwards, 

 Esq. Eleven skulls of natives from the Mimika River, presented 

 by the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition to New Guinea. 

 10 human skulls, mostly African, but including one Guanche 

 and one deformed skull from Vancouver, presented by the 

 Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich. A male and female 

 Roe-deer, Capreolus caprea, given by the Duke of Buccleuch, 

 K.G. The skeleton of an Arab pony, " Little Joker," given by 

 the President, Bombay Veterinary College. A skeleton of 

 Balcena biscayensis, obtained as a result of the efforts of 

 R. C. Haldane, Esq. A specimen of the " Black-fish," Ca'ing 

 Whale, or Pilot-Whale, Globicephalus melas, and a skull of the 

 Lesser Rorqual, Balcenoptera rostrata, presented by the 

 President of the Board of Trade. A Panda, ^luropus fulgens, 

 given by the Zoological Society of London. A Solid-hoofed Pig, 

 the present of the Hon. N. C. "Rothschild. 



Domesticated Animals, 



North Hall. — As the result of Mr. Lydekker's special 

 (private) studies of Domesticated Horses, Cattle, and Sheep, it 

 has been found practicable to make numerous redeterminations 

 in the specimens of these groups exhibited in the North Hall, 

 and this has involved the reprinting of many of the labels, 

 which has, of course, rendered the corresponding references in 

 the " Guide-book " to this section of the Museum, out of date. 



The additions to the domesticated series include the 

 following: — Skull and horns of Cape Trek Ox, presented by 

 the Administration of British Bechuanaland. Head of Khati- 

 awar Buffalo, presented by H.H. the Nawab of Junagahr. An 

 Indian Dumba Sheep, presented by the Duke of Bedford, K.G. 

 A Punjabi Goat, presented by V. H. Woodley, Esq. A Jamna- 

 pari Goat, presented by the Agricultural Department of India. 

 A Solid-hoofed Pig, presented by the Hon. N. C. Rothschild. 

 A Siamese Cat, presented by Mrs. Windham Holley. Skull 

 of an albinistic Pekinese Spaniel, presented by G. Nettleship, 

 Esq. 



The abnormality series has been augmented by a parti- 

 coloured Mole, presented by C. Dawson, Esq. 



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