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An Ashy Bamboo Rat (Rhizomys canescens) from the Shan 

 States, presented by the Bombay Natural History Society ; skull 

 and tusks of Pacific Walrus (Odobcenus paciflcus), the gift of 

 Col. H. W. Feilden, C.B. ; a young Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus 

 terrestris), from British Guiana, given by the Zoological 

 Society ; horns of Caucasian Tur (Capra caucasica) , presented 

 by R. Lydekker, Esq., F.R.S. ; horns of Chialtan Markhor, 

 the type of Capra falconeri chialtanensis, from Baluchistan, 

 the gift of Col. H. Appleton ; a Nilgiri Tahr {Hemitragus 

 hylocrius), presented by the Hon. Sir Arthur Lawley, G.C.I.E. ; 

 a Western Hartebeest (i^u^aZis major), from Nigeria, presented 

 by M. P. Hyatt, Esq. ; the horns of a Lelwel Hartebeest {Bubalis 

 lelwel) and of a Reedbuck {Redunca, or Gervicapra, arun- 

 dinum), presented by Messrs. W. and E. Trollope ; a Hawash 

 Bushbuck (Tragelaphus tnulticolor) from Abyssinia, given by 

 Lord Wodehouse ; horns of Somali Kudu (Strepsiceros strep- 

 siceros ckora), given by Guy Chetwynd, Esq. ; a young Kordofan 

 GiraflTe (Girajfa canielopardalis antiquoru7)i), an Okapi 

 (Okapia johnstoni), and a skeleton of the latter, presented by 

 the Rowland Ward Trustees ; a young Malay Elephant {Elephas 

 maximus, subsp.) from the Negri Sembilan Province, Malay 

 Peninsula, likewise the gift of the Rowland Ward Trustees, 

 exhibited in the Central Hall. 



In addition to the above, as being of more than ordinary 

 interest, reference may be made to a specimen of the Patagonian 

 Sea-Elephant (Mirounga leonina 2)atachonica) , from the 

 Falkland Islands, acquired by purchase. Specimens of four 

 races of these giant Seals are now exhibited in the big case in 

 the Lower Mammal Gallery. 



Whale-Room. — By blocking up the double doors at the 

 north end of the building, and strengthening them with 

 additional timber, the casts of the paddles of three species of 

 Rorqual {Balcenoptera) referred to on p. 112 of the Return for 

 the previous year have been affixed to the wall in such a 

 manner as to display them with excellent eff'ect. Two casts of 

 a paddle of the Sperm-Whale {Physeter catodon) have also 

 been prepared for exhibition, and installed on the floor of the 

 gallery. 



The other additions to the Whale-Room include one-half of 

 the eye of a Humpbacked Whale {Megap>tera), in spirit, from 

 South Africa, the ^ift of S. B. Goodall, Esq. ; and casts, pre- 

 pared in the Osteological Room, of the head of a White-beaked 

 Dolphin {Lagenorhynchus alhirostris) and of an entire 

 common Dolphin {Delphinus delphis). The original from 

 which the first of these was made came from Islay, Inner 

 Hebrides, and that of the second from Donegal. 



British Saloon. — The only addition to the Mammal series, 

 are two newly-born Badger-cubs {Meles taxus), presented by 

 Addis Price, Esq. 



Study Series. — The usual work of labelling, registering, and 

 incorporating the mammals added to the collection has been 

 continued. 



