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Antelope and a head of the Reed-buck, presented by Capt. 

 P. E. Vaughan ; the type head of Patterson's Eland, pre- 

 sented by Lt.-Col. J. H. Patterson ; a Chamois, presented by 

 St George Littledale, Esq. ; Skull and cast of horn of African 

 Black Rhinoceros (abnormal), presented by Frank Baden 

 Powell, Esq. 



The purchased specimens added to the series during the 

 year are not numerous. Foremost is the male African 

 Elephant, from South Nyasaland, placed in the Entrance 

 Hall. In the anthropological series reference may be made 

 to a plaster cast of the bust of a Pigmy from the Ituri Forest, 

 modelled by W. Goscombe John, Esq. The purcha.ses also 

 include an Indian wild Boar and a West African River-Hog. 



No re-arrangements or additions of specimens have been 

 made in the AVhale Room during the year. 



In the British Saloon the mounting of special groups of 

 British Mammals has been largely advanced during the 

 year, and is now approaching completion. Several new 

 cases have been provided. The groups newly mounted 

 include the Bats, which have been placed on and around 

 a hollow tree-stem, the Rats and Mice (among which special 

 attention may be directed to the Harvest-mice and Shrew- 

 mice), and the Marten-cats. 



The donations include a Fair Isle long-tailed Field-mouse, 

 presented by N. B. Kinnear, Esq. ; a Harvest-mouse, pre- 

 sented by the Hon. Charles N. Rothschild ; and a Natterer's 

 Bat, presented by Heatley Noble, Esq. A Marten-cat was 

 purchased. 



Domesticated Animals : — Beyond referring to the 

 normal duties of curatorship, and the addition of new 

 descriptive labels, &c., there is nothing demanding special 

 notice in regard to the technique of this section. 



The presentations to this series include the following : — 

 Skull and Limb-bones of the Thoroughbred Stallion " Royal 

 Hampton," presented by Mrs. Ballard ; Head and Skull of 

 Shire Mare " Starlight," presented by Mrs. Crisp ; a Banting 

 Ox from Bali, presented by C. B. Kloss, Esq. ; Heads of the 

 Short-horn Bulls " Tregunter " and " Knight of the Shire," 

 presented by the Shorthorn Society ; a Merino and a Fat- 

 tailed Sheep, presented by the Director of Agriculture, Cape 

 Colony ; two Skulls of the Corsican Sheep (?), presented by 

 Dr. C. J. Forsyth-Major; Horns of Azores Goats, presented 

 by Major Chaver ; Head of Chartley Cow, presented by His 

 Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.G. ; skeleton of a Tibet Dog, 

 presented by the Zoological Society ; a Harrier, presented by 

 J. S. Gibbons, Esq. ; a Borzoi, presented by G. Pauling, Esq. ; 

 a Blaek-and-tan King Charles Spaniel, " Bend-Or," presented 

 by Mrs. J. Reed ; Ruby King Charles Spaniel, presented by 

 Mrs. Kate Stephens ; a Pekinese Dog, " Ah Cam," presented 

 by T Douglas Murray, Esq.; a Blenheim Spaniel, presented 

 by Mr. E. Longtone ; the Head of a Bull-Terrier, presented by 



