112 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Leopai'd {Felis nehulosa), presented by the Zoological Society, 

 alongside of which is placed a specimen of the Formosan race 

 of the same species (F. nebulosa brachyura), acquired by 

 purchase ; another addition being a Large-toothed Indian Otter 

 (Lwtra unacrodus), the gift of Percival Landor, Esq. 



The new specimens of Ungulata comprise a bull Laikipia 

 Eland (Taiirotragus oryx patter sonianus), presented by 

 F. C. Selous, Esq. ; a Cape Hartebeest (Buhalis caama), 

 presented, at the suggestion of the Earl of Selborne, K.G., by 

 the De Beers Mining Co. ; a Kob Antelope from the Guasin 

 Gishu, the proper name of which has not yet been determined, 

 presented by C. Bulpett, Esq. ; a series of Antelope heads, 

 including two of Cotton's Reedbuck (Cervicapra cottoni) 

 from the Binder Valley, presented by Col. E. J. Gunthorpe ; 

 horns of Kudu {Strepsiceros strepsiceros), presented by 

 J. C. Starke, Esq. ; skull and horns of Mountain Nyala 

 {Tragelaphus huxtoni), presented by Kowland Ward, Esq.; 

 head of Guaso Nyiro Dik-dik {Madoqua cavendishi minor), 

 presented by F. C. Selous, Esq. ; a skull and horns of Sonoran 

 Bighorn (Ovis canadensis gaillardi), presented by Messrs. I. N. 

 and J. C. Dracopoli ; head of South Nigerian Buffalo (Bos caffer 

 hunti) presented by A. W. Hunt, Esq, ; an unusually large Indian 

 Wild Boar {Sus cristatus), presented by F. C. Anderson, Esq. ; 

 a Sonoran Peccary {Dicotyles angulatus sonoriensis ) ; lower 

 tusks of Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphihius), presented 

 by J. C. Lyell, Esq. ; and a Malay Tapir (Tapirus indicus), 

 the gift of H. C. Robinson, Esq., Director of the Federated 

 Malay Museums. 



Whale-Room.. — The replacement of the stutfed skins of 

 Dolphins and Porpoises by coloured plaster-casts, which has 

 been in progress for several years, has been practically 

 completed, with a manifest improvement to the series from an 

 €xhibition point of view. 



During the year the paddles of three species of Rorqual, 

 namely, the Blue Whale {Balcenoptera sibhaldi), the Common 

 Rorqual {B. musculus), and Rudolphi's Rorqual (B. borealis) 

 have been procured from the Shetlands and utilised for exhibi- 

 tion in the Whale Room. This has been done by preparing a 

 coloured cast of the entire flipper and afterwards a second cast 

 showing the natural arrangement of the bones as displayed 

 in a dissection. Arrangements for exhibiting these as well 

 as sets of baleen or whalebone of the Common Rorqual and 

 Rudolphi's Rorqual are in progress. 



Study Series : — 



The usual work of labelling, registering, and incorporating 

 the mammals added to the collection has been continued. 



Two cabinets for storing small Mammal skins and a block 

 of six cabinets for storing medium-sized Mammal skins have 

 been acquired. In addition, four writing tables have been 

 added to the furniture in the New Room. 



