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Bequests. 



Under the will of the late Mr. Henry Seebohm, the 

 zoological department has been enriched by that well-known 

 Ornithologist's magnificent collection of Birds' skins, com- 

 prising some 16,950 specimens, and including 235 skeletons. 



By the bequest of the late Mr. F. C S. Roper, the Trustees 

 liave become the owners of a valuable cabinet of slides of 

 Diatomacese, with the two quarto Catalogues belonging 

 thereto. 



Presents. 



The total number of separate presents received in the 

 Museum during the year amounted to 1,518, many of them 

 comprising a large number of specimens. The details of all 

 the more important of these will be found in the Reports of 

 the Keepers of the several Departments, but the following 

 are mentioned here also as being of special interest : — 



From His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. — An Indian 

 Elephant, being one of the four brought home by His Royal 

 Highness in 1876. The animal was caught in the Nepal Terai 

 and presented by Sir Jung Bahadoor to the Prince during his 

 visit to India. It was selected as a remarkably handsome 

 animal, and was supposed at that time to be about six years 

 old. On the Prince's return to England it was deposited in 

 the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London (May 17, 

 1876), where it remained until its death (March 8, 1896), 

 at which time it was full grown. Its height was 9 feet 

 10 inches 



Also a series of small British Mammals from Sandringham. 



From Sir Douglas Brooke, Bart. — A valuable series of Deer 

 and Antelopes from the collection of the late Sir Victor 

 Brooke. 



From Lady Prestwich. — The entire collection of Fossils 

 brought together by her husband, the late Sir Joseph 

 Prestwich. Many of these are of historic interest, as beino- 

 the material on which he based his numerous memoirs. 



From F. Du Cane Godman and Osbert Salvin, Esqrs. — 

 Further valuable additions to the collections of Insects in the 

 Museum, including 6,192 Malacoderm Coleoptera from 

 Central America ; 4,766 Butterflies of the Sub-famil}^ Pierina', 

 representing the whole of the Old World species of this 

 group in the collection of the donors ; 1,375 Butterflies, 

 chiefly belonging to the Sub-family Satyridcv ; and 610 

 Sphingidce and Castniidce from Central America. 



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