114 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A beautiful mounted specimen of Kudu (Strepsiceros 

 kudu), from the Upper Limpopo ; presented by F. C. Selous, 

 Esq. 



Thirty-one Mammals from the Transvaal, collected by Dr. 

 P. Kendall ; purchased. 



Ten small Mammals from China ; presented by F. W. 

 Styan, Esq. 



A Hainan Gibbon (Hylobates hainanus) ; presented by 

 Julius Neumann, Esq. 



Fifteen Mammals from Sarawak ; presented by Charles 

 Hose, Esq. 



Seventy-two Mammals from Borneo and the Philippines ; 

 collected by A. Everett, Esq. ; purchased. 



Four rostra and four teeth of Mesoplodon grayi, from the 

 Chatham Islands, illustrating a paper by the donor ; pre- 

 sented by H. O. Forbes, Esq. 



Two skeletons of the North Pacific Fur-seal (Callorhinus 

 ursinus) ; presented by Sir George Baden-Powell, K.c.M.G. 



Sixteen Mammals from British Columbia and California, 

 collected by Professor Eigenmann ; purchased. 



Ninety-nine Mammals from Jalisco, Mexico, including the 

 types of four new species, collected by Dr. A. C. Buller ; pur- 

 chased. 



A Manatee (Manatus americanus), from Jamaica ; pur- 

 chased. 



Eighteen Bats and four Opossums from Minas Geraes, 

 Brazil ; received in exchange from the Copenhagen Museum. 



The skull of a Sea-Leopard {Ogmorhinus leptonyx) from 

 the Antarctic Seas, near Georgia ; presented by Captain David 

 Gray. 



Birds. — Eleven thousand four hundred and twenty-six 

 specimens of Skir.s and Eggs have been added to this class. 

 Of tho"e additions which have not already been mentioned, 

 the following are the more important : — 



A pair of very fine Ostriches {Struthio australis, from 

 Hales Owen Farm, Cradock, Cape Colony ; purchased ; also 

 the skeleton of a female bird from the same locality; pre- 

 sented by Captain W. Hume Middlemass. 



Two specimens of the true Prairie Hen Grouse (Tympanu- 

 chus cupido), from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts ; pur - 

 chased. 



Fifty-four Birds from Suakim ; presented by Surgeon Cap- 

 tain E.. H. Penton. 



A specimen of a rare Hazel Grouse {Tetraophasis szechenyi), 

 from Thibet, and one of the Black-necked Crane (Grus nigri- 

 collis), from Mongolia, both new to the collection ; presented 

 by Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



A specimen of a Partridge {lloiinatortyx sanguiniceps), 

 from Mount Kina Balu ; presented by A. H. Everett, Esq. 



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