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of the latter gallery for storage purposes and as a place for the 

 examination of specimens and the accommodation of students, 

 the present arrangements being very inconvenient in these 

 respects. The re-arrangement of the Mammal Gallery is nearly 

 completed, and that of the upper (the old Osteological) Gallery 

 has been commenced. The former contains the specimens 

 of Marsupialia, Edentata, Sirenia, Ungulata, Rodentia and 

 Carnivora ; while the Insectivora, Chiroptera and Primates 

 will be placed in the latter. 



For the new exhibition more than fifty Mammals have 

 been mounted, of which the most prominent are: A Thylacine 

 (Thylacinus cynoce2:>halus), Koal-d (Phascolarctus cinereus), 

 three-striped Phalanger ( Dactylopsila trivirgata), Babirusa 

 (Bahlrusa alfurus), Musk L)eer (Moschus moschiferus), 

 Southern Giraffe (Girafa caj^ensis) head, Black Buck 

 (Antilope cervicapra). Reed Buck (Cervicapra arun- 

 dinum), Anoa (Bos depressicornis), Gayal {Bos frontalis), 

 Indian Elephant (Elsj^has indicus), Parti-coloured Bear 

 (j^luropus melanoleucus), Leopard {Felis pardus) , and Puma 

 {Felis concolor). 



In the study series the method of keeping small skulls has 

 been entirely changed, and the plan adopted of putting each 

 skull in a glass tube by itself, instead of with others in a box. 

 Such skulls now come in much larger proportionate 

 numbers than used to be the case, and many hundreds have 

 been cleaned, numbered, labelled, and put away in the col- 

 lection. 



Aves. — Considerable progress has been made during the year 

 with the registration and incorporation of recent accessions. 

 The whole of the Steere collection of Philippine Birds has 

 been incorporated, and much of the Seebohm collection has 

 been registered. 



The Seebohm Bequest consists mainly of Palsearctic birdsj, 

 including as it does the results of the many travels of its late 

 owner in Siberia and various parts of Europe. This addi- 

 tional material has supplied a great want in the Museum 

 series, w^hich was previously very deficient in specimens from 

 the Pahearctic Region. In addition to these much desired 

 supplementa to the collection of Birds, the Seebohm Bequest 

 contains a fine series of Japanese and Chinese species, the 

 latter embracing all the Passerine Birds of the Swinhoe Collec- 

 tion. The larger specimens from the latter, such as Birds of 

 Prey, Cormorants, Herons, Wading Birds, &c., had been given 

 by Mr. Seebohm to the Museum during his lifetime. The 

 series of Pheasants and Thrushes, of which Mr. Seebohm had 

 made a special study, are amongst the finest in the world. 



The 



