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Department of Zoology. 



I. — Arrangement and Conservation. 



Mammalia. 



Mammal Galleries. 

 A new wall-case has been installed in the West Corridor for 

 the reception of Antelopes of the Oryx group, which have been 

 removed from the adjacent case. In the latter have been placed 

 various members of the Kudu group which were previously- 

 shown in iemporary cases, together with the Indian Four-horned 

 Antelope, transferred from the Lower Mammal Gallery. The 

 addition of this new case also involved the transference to other 

 parts of the gallery of a number of skulls and horns which 

 occupied the wall of the recess where it now stands. 



In the Lower Mammal Gallery two doors have been made in 

 each side of the great Ox-case in the Pavilion ; an improvement 

 which involved repairs in the ground-work of the case. A new 

 case for Chitas has been installed in the second bay on the 

 south side, which rendered necessary partial re-arrangement of 

 the large Cat-case on the east side of the bay. Two doors have 

 been inserted in the south side of the big Ape and Monkey case 

 in the Upper Mammal Gallery ; and the partition at the east 

 end of the same case has been enlarged, with the object of 

 exhibiting to greater advantage the new Gorilla. To the 

 Beaver case in the Upper Mammal Gallery have been added 

 some gnawed stumps and chips specially sent from Canada by 

 R. Corry Clark, Esq. 



In the North Hall a new case has been placed alongside 

 that containing the skeleton of " Persimmon," for the reception 

 of the skeleton of " St. Simon." 



Throughout the Upper and Lower Mammal Galleries, as 

 well as in the East and West Corridors, the specimens have 

 been renumbered. The usual work of cu rating, writing, and 

 printing new labels, &c., has been carried on as required. 



The additions by presentation during the year to the 

 exhibited series in the Mammal Galleries include the 

 following : — 



An Eastern Gorilla [Gorilla gorilla^ herengeri) from the 

 Belgian Congo, presented by the Rowland Ward Trustees. This 

 is probably the most valuable mounted specimen the Museum 

 has ever received. A bust of a Maori, presented by Mrs. Russell. 

 A group of English Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris leucourus), 

 from Yorkshire, the gift of Harold D. Foster, Esq. A Black- 

 footed Marten {Martes melaiinpus) from Japan, and an 

 American Marten {Martes americanus), from the Mackenzie 

 District of Canada, presented by Messrs. P. R. Poland and Sons. 

 A White Fox {Vulpes vulpes), from Siberia, a Sumatran 

 Clouded Leopard {Felis nehulosa), a Cameroons Forest- Hog 

 (Hylochcerus meinertzhageni rimator), the head of a young 



