104 ACCOUNTS, ETC., Of THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



as compared with 69,270 in the year 1889 



44,087 „ 1888 



6.5,199 „ 1887 



36,358 „ 1886, 



123,358 „ 1885 



45,574 „ 1884 



31,466 „ 1883 



19,902 „ 1882 



49,602 „ 1881. 



The most important acquisitions were the following : — 



1. Of the collections made during the voyage of H.M.S. 

 " Challenger," and presented by the Lords Commissioners of 

 the Treasury, the following were received in 1890 : — 



(a.) Eighteen Mammals. 



(6.) Nineteen Reptiles. 



(c.) One hundred and eighty-four Fishes. 



{d.) Four hundred and sixteen specimens of Mollusca (two 

 hundred and forty-two Marine, and one hundred and seventy- 

 four Terrestial.) 



(e.) Twenty Polyzoa. 



(/.) Eighty-three Pelagic Hemiptera. 



{g.) One hundred and forty-one Worms (principally Chce- 

 tognatha). 



(h.) One thousand two hundred and nine Echinoderms 

 (chiefly Asteroidea). 



(i.) Fifteen Sponges (various Orders). 



(j.) Eighty Anthozoa (Alcyonavia and Antipatharia). 



(k.) Twenty-four Hydrozoa (various Orders). 



(I.) Two hundred and sixteen Radiolaria. 



2. The sixth instalment of the Godman-Salvin collection of 

 birds, referred to in the Report for 1885. This series consists 

 of four thousand and forty-four specimens, and contains one 

 type and nineteen species new to the collection ; presented 

 by Osbert Salvin, Esq., f.r.s., and F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., 



F.R.S. 



3. The final instalment of the Sclater collection of birds, 

 representing the Cypselidw, Ca2^rimulgidce, Momotidce, 

 Alcedinidce, Trogonidca, Psittacidcv, Galhulidce, and Bucco- 

 nidoi, containing eight hundred and thirty-four specimens 

 and including nineteen types and eleven species new to the 

 collection; purchased. 



4. Four hundred and live specimens of Alaudidce, 

 Upupidcti, and Alcedinidm, chiefly from the Swinhoe collec- 

 tion, together with others obtained by the donor in Siberia, 

 and by other trayellers in the Palsearctic Region, and including 



eight 



