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The collections of Old World Monkeys, Fruit Bats, and 

 Ungulates have been entirely rearranged. 



The Department is again much.indebted to volunteer helpers 

 for valuable assistance in working out new forms of Mammals. 

 The following gentlemen should be specially mentioned in this 

 connection : — Mr. R. C. Wroughton, Dr. Knud Andersen, 

 Mr. Gilbert Blaine, Major G. E. H. Barrett -Hamilton, 

 Dr. R. E. Drake-Brockman, Mr. J. Lewis Bonhote, and Mr. E. 

 Heller. 



The Department is further indebted to Mr. Gilbert Blaine 

 for having kindly undertaken the preparation of a new 

 Manuscript List of the collection of Ungulates. 



In connection with the Bombay Natural History Society's 

 Survey of the Mammals of India, Mr. R. C. Wroughton, 

 Mr. T. B. Fry, and Miss K. Ryley have worked out the various 

 collections, published reports on the same, and selected series 

 for registration. The thanks of the Department are due to 

 these three volunteer helpers for the great assistance thus 

 rendered. 



The services of Dr. Knud Andersen have been continued 

 for the preparation of the new Catalogue of Bats, the first 

 volume of which, dealing with the Fruit Bats, has now been 

 published. 



The Catalogue of the Mammals of Western Europe by 

 Mr. Gerrit S. Miller has also been published. 



The Catalogue, written by Mr. R. Lydekker, F.R.S., of the 

 heads and horns of Indian Big Game bequeathed by A. O. 

 Hume, C.B., is now in the press and will shortly be published. 



A Catalogue of the Collection of Ungulates is being prepared 

 by Mr. R. Lydekker. 



The arrangement of the skeleton collection in the Osteological 

 Room has made good progress. A new cabinet for the reception 

 of large Ungulate skeletons has been supplied. Various portions 

 of Whales and of their embryos have been added to the spirit 

 collection. 



Additions of special interest to the Osteological and 

 Anthropological collections : — 13 skulls of Peruvians showing 

 distortion of the brain-case caused bj-' bandaging during infancy ; 

 received in exchange. The skeleton of a Malay Tapir ; 

 presented by the Taiping Museum. The skeleton of the famous 

 race horse "Common"; presented by Dr. A. Boyce Barrow. 

 The skeleton of the rare Cetacean, Glohicephala indica ; 

 presented by H. C. Robinson, Esq. The paddles of the Common 

 Rorqual, Balcenoptera onusculus, Sibbald's Rorqual, Balce- 

 noptera sibhaldi, and Rudolphi's Rorqual, Balcenoptera 

 borealis ; the baleen of the Common and Rudolphi's Rorqual ; 

 and the skeleton of an Elephant Seal ; purchased. 



Ahnorimal Coloration. 

 To the series of albinos and other specimens of abnormal 

 coloration have been added a semi-albino specimen of Grevy's 

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