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By walling off a portion of the space in the Basement a new- 

 room has been provided for the better housing of the birds' 

 skeletons, which hitherto have been far too crowded for 

 convenience of vrork. 



The more notable presents are the following : — From the 

 Earl of Denbigh, C.V.O. ; the collection formed by Thomas 

 Pennant, consisting of 142 specimens of British Birds, including 

 two Capercailzies, believed to be from Scotland and figured in 

 Pennant's British Zoology (1766). From the Duke of 

 Bedford, K.G. ; a final collection of birds from Western China, 

 including 167 specimens. From Mr. W. N. McMillan; a very 

 valuable collection of birds formed for him by P. Zaphiro in 

 Southern i^byssinia and including several new species and manj-- 

 rare birds. From Mr. A. B. Percival ; a fine collection from the 

 country north of the Guaso Nyiro and Mount Nyiro. 



A valuable series of Birds collected at the lighthouse on the 

 Island of Shaweishan off" the coast of South China, during the 

 Autumn migration, has been purchased. 



The following Expeditions promise to yield important 

 results : — Mr. A. F. R. Wollaston is at present engaged in 

 making a second attempt to reach the Snow Mountains in 

 Dutch New Guinea by way of the Oetakawa River. He is 

 accompanied by Mr. C. B. Kloss, Curator of the Kuala Lumpur 

 Museum, and a number of trained Dyak collectors, and it is 

 confidently expected that large collections will soon reach 

 England. Mr. Willoughby P. Lowe is accompanying Lieut. 

 Cosens, of the Royal Dragoons, on a trip through an almost 

 unknown part of East Africa and has already dispatched a large 

 number of cases of specimens. 



The work of systematic collecting in the Hebrides is being 

 continued ; and two gentlemen have been engaged; Mr. P. D. 

 Montague in completing the inner islands, and Dr. David 

 Anderson in working through the outer group. The results 

 obtained in the more southern islands of the Inner Hebrides 

 have been of so much interest, especially as regards Voles, 

 Shrews and Mice, three of which are new, that it has been 

 thought advisable to complete the examination of these groups 

 of islands as soon as possible. 



Domesticated Animals. 



North Hall. — The classification and descriptions of some 

 of the breeds of Sheep and Cattle have been somewhat modified 

 and brought up to date ; and a new and revised edition of the 

 Guide to Domesticated Animals has been published. 



The additions by presentation to the series of Domesticated 

 Animals include the following : — A series of miniature models 

 of Cattle, Sheep and Pigs made by G. Garrard in 1808, presented 

 by the Earl of Ancaster ; these are in white plaster, but in due 

 course will be coloured to nature from the series of coloured 

 prints, also by Garrard, of the animals from which they were 

 modelled. A fine Guzerati Humped Bull, presented by- the 



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