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VI. — Printing Labels. 



During the past year the preparing and printing of labels 

 for the Mammalia, the Aves, the Reptilia, and Amphibia has 

 gone on very continuously. 



Labels have also been printed for the Mollusca and other 

 groups of Invertebrata and for the Plants. 



A. considerable number of Labels has also been executed 

 for the Index Museum. 



Total number of labels composed, 2,271. 



Total number of copies printed off, 22,407. 



During the past year one of the staff, Mr. F. A. Bather, M.A., 

 was absent on sick leave for some months ; and Dr. J. W. 

 Gregory, another Assistant, was absent on special leave, 10 

 months, in East Africa, examining the East African lake- 

 chain, the Masai plateau of Laikepia and Mount Kenia. 

 He brought back collections illustrating the geology, the 

 flora, and the fauna of the district. Besides yielding a con- 

 siderable number of new species, they contribute largely to a 

 knowledge of their distribution. Thus the Kenia flora is more 

 allied to that of Kilima Njaro than to the highlands of 

 Abyssinia, while the fish, mollusca, &c., show an extension 

 of the Nilotic fauna, in a region now far outside the Nile 

 basin. 



A large geological collection was made, including over 200 

 fossils from hitherto unknown Palseozoic deposits, as well as 

 others from the Jurassics on the coast, and the old lake- 

 beaches in the interior. 



VII. — Acquisitions. 1. — By Donation. A. — Vertebrata. 



1. Mammalia. — A collection of Mammalian remains from 

 the Har-Dalam Cavern, near Marsa-Scirocco Bay, Malta, 

 comprising bones of Hippopotam^us Pentlandi, Elephas 

 mnaidriensis, Ursus, Canis, and Cervus elaphus var. 

 harbarus ; obtained by Mr. John H. Cooke, f.g.s., by the 

 aid of a grant from the Royal Society, and presented by him. 



Two ear-bones of Whales, from the Crag at Felixstowe ; 

 presented by R. de Burgh D'Arcy, Esq. 



Two Proboscidian and two Artiodactyle bones, from the 

 Siwalik Formation of Perim Island, Gulf of Cambay, India ; 

 presented by Alexander M. D. Stewart, Esq. 



One Molar of Elephas primigenius, from the Thames 

 Valley Brickearth, Hammersmith ; presented by H. E. 

 Tomes, Esq. 



A large series of remains of Felis, Ursus, Canis, Elephas, 



0.107. K 2 Rhinoceros, 



