134 accounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Department of Zoology. 

 I. — Arrangement and Conservation. 

 Mammalia. 



Mamrtial Galleries. 



The skulls and horns of Indian Big Game Animals bequeathed 

 by the late Mr. A. 0. Hume, C.B., were arranged during the 

 early part of the past financial year on the south and west 

 walls of the corridor on the second floor, between the Botanical 

 Department and the Upper Mammal Gallery, where they make 

 a striking display. Near by have been placed the Nepalese 

 Tiger and the Rhinoceros head presented by H.M. the King. 



The bust of Mr. Brian Hodgson, the donor of a large collec- 

 tion of Indian specimens, has been mounted on a pedestal ; and 

 this, and the bust of Dr. J. E. Gray, sometime Keeper of the- 

 Zoological Department, have been placed on either side of the 

 statue of Sir Joseph Banks. 



Another important addition to the exhibition-series is the 

 new Giraffe case in the East Corridor, At present this contains 

 only two comparatively small Giraffes, but it will doubtless be 

 well filled in due course. 



Mention may likewise be made of new fittings to the Sea- 

 Elephant case in the Lower Mammal Gallery. The addition of 

 a second tier has admitted of the exhibition of another entire 

 adult specimen. 



Black blinds have been fitted to the windows in the Upper 

 Mammal Gallery, in continuation of the work referred to in the 

 last Annual Return. 



Apart from the foregoing, little change has been made in 

 the galleries and corridors, the work of arrangement and con- 

 servation being, in the main, restricted to keeping the specimens 

 in proper prder, the incorporation of new ones, and the writing 

 of such new labels as were required. It may, however, be 

 mentioned that the specimen of the Falkland Islands Wolf,^ 

 as representing an extinct species, has been withdrawn from 

 exhibition. 



One volume of the Catalogue of Ungulates has been 

 published during the year, and a second is in an advanced state. 

 A new edition of the Mammal Guide has been prepared for 

 publication. 



To the Anthropological scries have been added two busts 

 of North American Indians, received in exchange from the 

 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U.S.A. 



The additions by presentation to the Mammal Galleries 

 include the following : — 



A Tiger (Felis tigris) and the head of an Indian Rhinoceros 

 {Rhinoceros unicornis), from Nepal, presented by H.M. the 

 King. The animals were shot during the Royal tour in India. 



