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Grevy's Zebra {Equus grevyi), from Somaliland, and a young 

 Malay Elephant, which has been made the type of a new race 

 (Elephas maximus hirsutus), presented by the Rowland Ward 

 Trustees, and a pale-coloured Soemmerring's Ariel Gazelle 

 (Gazella soemmerringi), from the Dinder Valley, Eastern 

 Sudan, the gift of Major C. R. Bradshaw. 



In addition to the above, as a specimen of more than 

 ordinary interest, reference may be made to the skull of a 

 very large female Liberian Hippopotamus {GhcBro'psis liher- 

 iensis), from Sierra Leone, acquired (together with the skin, 

 which is in store j by purchase. 



Whale-Room. — To the series of casts of flippers and whales 

 exhibited on the walls of the gallery have been added two of 

 the Hump-backed Whale (Megaptera woc^osa), prepared from a 

 specimen collected during the Barrett-Hamilton Expedition to 

 South Georgia : and also two of the Lesser Rorqual {.Balacn- 

 optera a cutoro strata), likewise prepared in the Museum. 

 Other additions comprise part of the " bonnet " of the Southern 

 Right-Whale (Balaena australis), from South Georgia, pre- 

 sented by the British Association and the Zoological Society ; 

 the cast of a Dolphin [Delphinus delphis), from Donegal, 

 prepared in the Museum ; and four photographs of dead 

 Rorquals in South Georgia, the gift of Mr. P. Stammwitz. 



The walls and roof of the Whale-Room were revarnished 

 during the year ; an operation which involved the removal and 

 replacing of all the smaller specimens and pictures affixed to 

 the walls. 



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

 incorporating the mammals added to the collection has been 

 continued. 



Two cabinets for storing small mammals have been added, 

 and two blocks of cabinets for storing medium-sized mammal 

 skins have also been acquired. 



The collection of Insectivora has been re-arranged and 

 placed in. the new small room The collection of Ungulates 

 has been re-arranged according to Mi-. Lydekker's " Catalogue of 

 the Ungulate Mammals." 



The Department is again indebted to volunteer helpers for 

 much valuable assistance in working out new forms of Mammals 

 and in the preparation of manuscript lists of various groups. 

 The following should be specially mentioned in this connec- 

 tion : - Mr. Gilbert Blaine, Mr. R. C. Wroughton, Miss Kathleen 

 Ryley, Mr. T. B. Fry, and Mr. Martin A. C. Hinton. 



The Department is further indebted to Mr. Gilbert Blaine 

 for having kindly assisted Mr. Lydekker in the preparation of 

 the Second and Third Volumes of the Catalogue of Ungulates. 



In connection with the Bombay Natural History Society's 

 Survey of the Mammals of India, Miss Kathleen Ryley, 

 Mr. R. C. Wroughton, and Mr. T. B. Fry have worked out the 

 various collections, published reports on them, and selected 

 series for registration. 



