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Bequest. 



A fine pair of tusks of the Indian Elephant, weighing 

 73 and 77 pounds, respectively, has been bequeathed to the 

 Museum by the late Colonel G. M. Payne. 



Presents. 



The number of separate presents reported as having been 

 received during the year by the several Departments of the 

 Museum was 1,639, as compared with 1,533 in 1899. Many 

 of these comprised large numbers of individual specimens. 

 The details of all the more important of them will be found 

 in the Reports of the Keepers of Departments, but the 

 following are mentioned here also as being of special 

 interest : — 



From His Grace the Duke of Bedford. — A young Musk-Ox 

 from Eastern Greenland, and the type-specimen of a new 

 Kangaroo {3Iacropus hedfordi) from North Australia. 



From Lord Delamere. — A valuable collection consisting of 

 54 skins and skulls of small Mammals and 900 skins of 

 Eirds ; obtained by his Lordship in the interior of British 

 East Africa. 



From Dr. S. L. Hinde, Collector in British East Africa 

 under the Foreign Office.— A valuable series of skins of 

 Mammals from Masailand, comprising Giraffe, Zebras, 

 Lioness, Gnu, Eland, &c. 



From Dr. Charles Hose. — Interesting collections from 

 Sarawak, comprising 84 Mammals (including the type of a 

 new Flying Squirrel), 152 Birds, and 2 Fishes. 



From Mr. W. H. St. Quintin. — A series of 13 pairs of 

 antlers of Red Deer produced in successive years (1887-99) 

 by the same individual Stag. 



From Dr. A. Donaldson Smith. — A valuable collection of 

 specimens made during his recent expedition to East Africa, 

 consisting of 17 Mammals, 90 Birds, 6 Reptiles and Fishes, 

 and 210 Plants, and including the types of two new species 

 of Mammals and one of Birds. 



From Mr. Oldfield Thomas. — A large series of small 

 Mammals collected in various regions of South America, 

 chiefly Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. 



Owing to the generosity of Mr. Thomas, and the liberal 

 and public spirited manner in which he' has personally 

 subsidised the maintenance of collectors in South America, 

 the collection of Mammalia has been enriched during the 

 past five years by no fewer than 1,500 specimens, including 

 the types of at least 60 new species named by him. 



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