122 



ACCOUNTS, ETC., 



V.- 



OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



-Acquisitions. 





Donations. 



Purchases. 



Exchanges. 



Total. 





i Wild - 



3,133 



408 



114 



] 3,655 



Mammalia < Domesticated 



14 



— 



— 



14 



' Human - 



2 











) 2 



. ( Various sources, skins 



1 Eggs, nests, and skeletons - 



793 



2,935 



273 



( 4,001 



129 



300 



— 



) 429 



Reptilia - - - . - 



393 



231 



8 



6.S2 



Batrachia - - - - 



150 



159 



19 



328 



Pisces .... - 



724 



330 



122 



1,1 7S 



Tunicata .... 



8 







8 



Mollusca - .... 



2,534 



958 







3,492 



( Sharp Collection . 



_ 



30,000 



— 



) 



Insecta <! Jacoby Collection 



— 



8,187 



— 



[ 65,381 



( Other sources - 



24,344 



1,698 



1,152 



1 



Myriopoda .... 



60 



35 



— 



95 



Prototracheata .... 



















Arachnida .... 



1,058 



51 



— 



1,I0& 



Pycnogonida - - - . 



7 



— 



— 



7 



Crustacea .... 



2,315 



234 



80 



2,629 



Echinoderma .... 



32 











32 



Worms 



232 



48 







280 



Brachiopoda .... 



14 









14r 



Polyzoa - . . . . 



66 



90 



— 



15ft 



Anthozoa - - - - - 



22 



— 



1 



23 



Kydrozoa - - 



111 



112 



_ 



225 



Porifera ..... 



180 



4.346 



4 



4,530 



Protozoa 



18 



— 



— 



18 



Totals 



36,339 



50,122 



1,773 



88,234 



Mammalia. 

 The additions to this class during the past year number 

 three thousand six hundred and seventy-one, of which the 

 following are most worthy of note : — 



Europe. 



Eight mammals from England and Hungary; presented by 

 the Hon. N. C. Rothschild. 



An otter from* the Avon, Rugby ; presented by Dr. T. S. 

 Townsend, J.P. 



A white-nosed Dolphin, from the North Sea ; presented by 

 the Fishmongers' Company. 



A young porpoise from Grimsby ; presented by The Board 

 of Agriculture and Fisheries. 



Two mammals from Southern Spain; presented by Abel 

 Chapman, Esq. 



Asia. 



Two hundred and eighty-nine mammals from China col- 

 lected by Mr. M. P. Anderson ; presented by His Grace the 

 Duke of Bedford, K.G., f.r.s. 



A co-type of anew mammalian genus from Sze-chuen, China, 

 presented by the Paris Museum. 



