126 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Mammalia. — The accessions number two thousand and 

 twenty-nine. 



Those most worthy of note are the following : — 



Eight hundred small mammals, mostly bats, from the 

 collection of the late Mr. R. F. Tomes, and including about 

 40 types of species described by himself and other naturalists ; 

 purchased. 



Four Mammals from the Orkney Islands, two seals from 

 the Shetlands, and the type of Mus rattus ater, a London 

 specimen ; presented by J. G. Millais, Esq. 



Sixteen Mammals from Haute-Savoie ; presented by M. 

 A. Robert. 



Forty-three Mammals from Haute-Savoie ; presented by 

 Oldfield Thomas, Esq. 



One hundred and forty Mammals from Japan, including 

 the type of Petaurista leucogenys nikkonis ; presented by 

 R. Gordon Smith, Esq. 



Thirteen Mammals from Kashmir, including the type of 

 Microtus imitator ; presented by Col. A. E. Ward. 



Ten Mammals from N.E. Mongolia, including the type of 

 Cricetulus caonphelli ; presented by C. W. Campbell, Esq., 

 C.M.G. 



Twenty-four Mammals from Sarawak ; presented by 

 H. C. Robinson, Esq. 



Thirty-three Mammals from Japan, the Philippines and 

 Loo Choo Islands, including the type of Mustela m.elam.pus 

 bedfordi, being the first results of the important exploration 

 of Eastern Asia now being conducted by Mr. M. P. Anderson ; 

 presented by the Duke of Bedford, K.G. 



Three Mammals from Tibet : presented by Lieut.-Col. 

 L. A. V/addell. 



Eleven Mammals from Tibet, including the types of 

 Cricetulus lama and Microtus waltoni, collected by Capt. 

 H. J. Walton, i.M.s. ; presented by the Tibet Frontier 

 Commission. 



Fifty-eight Mammals from Thian Shan ; presented by 

 A. B. Bayley Worthington, Esq. 



Thirteen Mammals from Fokien, China ; presented by 

 J. de La Touche, Esq. 



Sixty-eight Mammals from Persia, including the types of 

 Galomyscus hailwardi, I^ipistrellus aladdin and Ellohius 

 woosnami, collected by R. B. Woosnam, Esq. ; presented by 

 Col. A. C. Bailward. 



Eighty-three Mammals from the Malay Peninsula, in- 

 cluding the type of Mus klossi ; presented by C. Boden 

 Kloss, Esq. 



Four Mammals from Angola and two from the Gaboon 

 and Cameroons ; presented by the Hon. W. Rothschild, m.p. 



Twenty-one Mammals from N. Kyasa Land ; presented 

 by Sir Alfred Sharpe. 



