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Chili and other parts of South America, many of them desi- 

 rata to the Museum series ; presented by J. J. Walker, Esq., 

 R.N. 



14. The collection made by Dr. John Walter Gregory 

 during his expedition to Mount Kenia ; it consists of forty- 

 six Mammals, seventy-three Reptiles, sixteen Batrachians, 

 fifty Fishes, one hundred and nineteen Land and Freshwater 

 Shells, nine Freshwater Crustaceans, thirty-nine Arachnida, 

 and forty-three Myriopods ; beside a large number of Insects 

 of all orders, which have not yet been examined, and must be 

 deferred to the next Annual Report. 



Mammialia. — The additions to this class during the year 

 were seven hundred and eighty-two ; they include thirty- 

 three species new to the collection, and twenty-two types. 

 The following are most worthy of note : — 



Fifteen ancient British skulls, dredged from the bed of the 

 Thames, near Kew ; presented by G. F. Lawrence, Esq. 



The skeleton of an Australian woman, from South Austra- 

 lia ; presented by Dr. G. Lindsay Johnson. 



Tw*nty-one Mammals from Norway ; received in exchange 

 from the Christiania Museum. 



Nine Mammals from Corsica ; presented by Colonel J. W. 

 Yerbury. 



A Stag (Cervus eUi'pltus) and two Caucasian Ibex (Capra 

 caucasica), from the Caucasus ; purchased. 



Fifteen Mammals from Fao, Persian Gulf ; presented by 

 W. D. Cuming, Esq. 



Eight Mammals from Suakim ; presented by Surgeon Cap- 

 tain R. H. Penton. 



Nine Mammals from Somali-land, collected by H. G. C. 

 Swayne, Esq,, and presented by P. L. Sclater, Esq., f.r.s. 



A Somali Wild Ass {Equus somalicus) ; purchased. 



Nine Mammals from Somali-land, including a Lion {Felis 

 leo), a Somali Gemsbock (Oryx heisa), and a Soemmering's 

 Gazelle {Gazella soemoneringii) ; presented by Colonel Arthur 

 Paget. 



A specimen of the remarkable naked rodent Heterocephalus 

 glaher from Somali-land ; presented by the Marquis G. 

 Doria. 



Seven Mammals from Lagos ; presented by Alvan Millson, 

 Esq. 



The typical Skull of a recently described Dolphin (Sotalia 

 teuszii), from the Cameroons ; said to be phytophagous ; 

 received in exchange from the Museum of the University of 

 Jena. 



An Antelope (Cephalojyhus caquatorialis) and a Reed-rat 

 (Aulacodus swinderenianus), from Uganda ; presented by 

 Captain W. H. Williams, R.A. 



0.107. A beautiful 



