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Porifera. 

 By K. KiRKPATRiCK : — 



" On Merlia normani, a siliceo-calcareous sponge." 



Quart. Journ. Micr. Sci. Ivi., p. 657- 

 " On a new Lithonine Sponge from Christmas Island." 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) viii., p. 177. 



V. — A cquisitions* 

 Mammalia. 



The additions to this class during the past year number 

 four thousand two hundred and thirty-one, of which the 

 following are most worthy of note : — 



Special attention may be directed to the Duke of Bedford's 

 Collection from China, Mr. CD. Rudd's Collection from British 

 East Africa, Mr. Fenwick Owen's Collection from West Africa, 

 the Collection from Amboina and Dutch New Guinea presented 

 by the Subscribers to the British Ornithologists' Union Expe- 

 dition to Dutch New Guinea, and Major G. E. H. Barrett- 

 Hamilton's European Collection. 



From various localities. 



Face-mask and hand (Plaster cast) of Bushman, 104 years 

 old. Taken during life ; presented by Thackeray Edwards^ 

 Esq. 



Eleven skulls of natives from the Mimika River, New 

 Guinea ; presented by the Subscribers to the British Orni- 

 thologists' Union New Guinea Exp)edition Fund. 



Ten skulls of African, Guanche, Vancouver Island and New 

 Zealand natives; p)resented by the Royal Artillery Institution^ 

 Woolwich. 



Europe. 



The skeleton of an adult male Ca'ing Whale or Pilot Whale 

 {Globicephalus melas) and the head of a foetus of the same 

 species, from Penzance ; and the skull of a Lesser Rorqual, 

 from Aberystwyth ; presented by the President of the Board 

 of Trade. 



A skeleton of the Black Right Whale from off Shetland. 



Two semi-albino Moles from Sussex ; presented by Charles 

 Dawson, Esq. 



Eleven Mammals from St. Kilda ; presented by W. Eagle 

 Clarke, Esq. 



Eight Voles from Sanday, Orkney Islands ; presented by 

 W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Esq. 



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

 given on page 158. 



