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Department of Zoology". 



I. — Arrangement and Conservation^ 



Maminalia. — During the year a large number of new 

 specimens have been added to the exhibition series by presen- 

 tation, purchase, or exchange. The more important of the 

 presented specimens are noted below. 



By rearrangement of the fittings and by the addition when 

 necessary of ground-work illustrating natural surroundings, 

 improvements have been effected in the cases respectively 

 containing Monkeys, Giraffes, small Carnivora, and Wild 

 Horses and Asses. 



A map of the world, illustrating the views of Messrs. 

 Lydekker and Max Weber with regard to the Geographical 

 Distribution of Animals, has been exhibited with the map 

 explaining the Regions adopted by Messrs. Sclater and Wallace. 



Many new descriptive labels have been written and printed, 

 for the two Mammal Galleries and for the Central Hall. 



Two new illustrated guide-books, one relating to Domesticated 

 Animals other than Horses, and the other to the Anthropological 

 series, have been written by Mr. Lydekker and published during 

 the year. 



The additions by presentation to the exhibition series during 

 the year include the following specimens : — A male and a female 

 Californian Sea-Elephant from Guadalupe Island, together with 

 photographs of a group of these animals in life, presented by 

 the Hon. Walter Rothschild. A Sea-Lion from California, also 

 presented by Mr. Rothschild. The head of an African Elephant, 

 presented by G. M. Norrie, Esq. A Sze-chuen Takin, a young 

 Pigmy Hippopotamus, and a Nyasa Duikerbok, presented by 

 Rowland Ward, Esq. An Edmi Gazelle and the head of a 

 female of the same, from Algeria, the gift of E. Richardson- 

 Cox, Esq. The head of a White-eared Kob, from the Bahr-el- 

 Ghazal, presented by Norman Smith, Esq. A White-cheeked 

 Gibbon, two Macaque Monkeys, and a Hose's Langur Monkey, 

 from Borneo, presented by the British North Borneo Company, 

 A Bushbuck and three smaller African Antelopes, the gift 

 of F. R Roberts, Esq. A young Walrus, presented by the 

 Council of the Zoological Society. A Sze-chuen Serow, an Ashy 

 Goral, the skull of a Chinese Takin, and a female Orange 

 Snub-nosed Monkey, all from Sze-chuen, presented by the late 

 J. W. Brooke, Esq. The skull of a Patagonian, presented by 

 H. S. Felton, Esq. 



