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manuscripts of vols. XVII. and XX. of the " Catalogue of 

 Birds," and the " Catalogue of Snakes," and of a " Catalogue 

 of British Echinoderms," are in course of preparation. 



The following are the most important reports or descriptive 

 papers which have been prepared by the Departmental staff, 

 in connection with various parts of the collection, especially 

 recent acquisitions, and have been published in scientific 

 journals : — 



(1.) " On a collection of Mammals from Central Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico " ; " On a collection of Mammals obtained by Dr. 

 Emin Pasha in Central and Eastern Africa " ; ''A Milk-denti- 

 tion in Orycteropus " ; by 0. Thomas. 



(2.) " Descriptions of three new species of Flycatchers " ; 

 "On a small collection of Birds from Mount Penrisen, 

 Sarawatti " ; "On anew Sparrow-hawk {Acciinter granti) 

 from Madeira " ; " Notes on Specimens in the Hume Collection 

 of Birds. No. 6. On the Corociidce of the Indian Region, with 

 descriptions of some new species," by R. B. Sharpe ; " On 

 some new and rare Francolins " ; "Note on some Birds 

 obtained at Madeira, Deserta Grande, and Porto Santo," by 

 W. R. O. Grant. 



(3.) "Report on the Reptiles and Fishes of Fernando 

 Noronha " ; " Fourth contribution to the Herpetology of the 

 Solomon Islands " ; " List of Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fishes 

 from the district of Deli, Sumatra"; "First report on 

 additions to the Lizard Collection in the British Museum " ; 

 " Second report on additions to the Batrachian Collection in 

 the British Museum " ; " Notes on the secondary sexual 

 characters in the South African Tortoises of the genus Homo- 

 pus " ; " Descriptions of two new Siluroid Fishes of the 

 genus Arges" ; "List of the Reptiles and Batrachians of 

 Amurland " ; " Description of a new Snake, obtained by Dr. 

 Emin Pasha " ; " Descriptions of two new Cyprinodontoid 

 Fishes " ; " On the Ophidian genus Pseudoxyrhopus " ; " On 

 the distinctive cranial characters of the Iguanoid Lizards 

 allied to Iguana," by G. A. Boulenger. 



(4.) " Report on the Marine Molluscan Fauna of the Island 

 of St. Helena " ; " On the Marine Mollusca of Ascension 

 Island" ; " On a new genus (Nassopsis) and some new species 

 of Shells from Lake Tanganyika " ; "A list of the Species of 

 Achatina from South Africa, with the description of a new 

 species " ; "A list of Shells from the Tizard Bank, China 

 Sea," by E. A. Smith. 



(5.) " Report upon the Crustacea collected by P. W. Bassett 

 Smith, Esq., Surgeon, R.N., during the Survey of the Maccles- 

 field and Tizard Banks " ; " Report upon a small collection of 

 Scorpions and Centipedes sent from Madras by Mr. Edgar 

 Thurston, of the Government Central Museum ; " " Descrip- 



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