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as compared with 48,600 in the vear 1895. 

 54,957 .. " 1894. 



1-^0,185 



1893. 



76,011 



1892. 



48,771 



1891. 



77,658 



1890. 



69,270 



1889. 



44,081 



1888. 



65,199 



1887. 



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Ma7)im alia. —The additions to this class during the year 

 have amounted to five hundred and forty. The following are 

 the most important : — 



Sixteen small Mammals from Sandringham, for the exhibi- 

 tion series ; presented by His Royal Highness the Prince of 

 Wales. 



A Fallow Deer (Cervus dama) and a Thar (Hemitragua 

 jemlaicus) from Woburn Park ; presented by the Duke of 

 Bedford. 



Along-haired Leopard {Felis -pardus var.) from Amurland; 

 presented by Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



The head of a Wild Goat {Gapra hircus) from Skye ; pre- 

 sented by Sir Donald Currie. 



Six Mammals from Spitzbergen ; presented by Dr. J. W. 

 Gregory. 



Twenty Mammals from the Cameroons, and sixteen from 

 the French Congo ; presented by G. L. Bates, Esq. 



A Sable Antelope {Hippotragus niger), a Gnu and twenty 

 small Mammals from Nyasaland ; presented by Sir H. H. 

 Johnston. 



Pairs of Bontebok, Blesbok, Gnu and Inyala Antelopes, a 

 male of the Springbok, and fifty-four small Mammals, includ- 

 ing the types of two new species, from Matabeleland ; pre- 

 sented by F. C. Selous, Esq. 



Ten Mammals from Central Africa, including the type of a 

 new Rodent {Lophuromys ansorgei) \ presented by Dr. W. J. 

 Ansorge. 



Skins and skeletons of Speke's and Clarke's Gazelles 

 (Gazella spehei), and Ammodorcas clarkei) ; presented by 

 Ford G. Barclay, Esq. 



Three Antelopes from Angoniland, including the type of a 

 new Steinbok {Raphiceros sharpei) ; presented by Consul 

 Alfred Sharpe. 



The head of a Girafi'e from the Kalahari Desert ; presented 

 by H. A. Bryden, Esq. 



The typical skin of a new Water Buck (Kobus senganus), 

 and three other Mammals from Nyasaland ; presented by 

 R. Crawshay, Esq. 



Two Gazelles (Gazella bennettii), from Aden ; presented by 

 E. N. Buxton, Esq. 



0.125. G 4 Five 



