106 accounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Department of Zoology. 



I. — Arrangement and Conservation. 



Mammalia. — The large number of new mounted specimens 

 of Mammalia mentioned below testifies to the steady progress 

 made in rendering the exhibited series as perfect as possible. 

 Much, however, still remains to be done in replacing worn- 

 out and badly mounted specimens by new ones, but this must 

 be a matter of time. 



An extensive series of examples of Bats is now exhibited 

 in spirit, and special attention has been devoted to improving 

 and remounting the series of Insectivora. 



A series of examples of the prints of human hands and 

 finger-tips has been framed and exhibited in the Upper 

 Mammalia Gallery in order to illustrate identification by 

 finger-prints, and together with these is shown a series of 

 natural prints of the hands of monkeys and lemurs. 



Considerable progress has been made with the preparation 

 of a series of mounted specimens of domesticated mammals, 

 both British and Foreign. A number of examples of diff'erent 

 breeds are already exhibited, and others are in preparation. 

 At present these are exhibited in the North Hall. 



The series of anthropological specimens comprising busts, 

 photographs, skulls, and skeletons, has been largely augmented 

 during the year. 



In the study series the work of labelling, registering and 

 incorporating specimens has been continued, and, by the help 

 of the new material, many of the numerous groups have been 

 more accurately arranged and the new species described, but 

 the serious want of sufficient space for these collections 

 renders anything like a satisfactory arrangement of them 

 quite impossible at present. 



The Department is again indebted for assistance in dealing 

 with its mass of accessions to voluntary helpers, of whom 

 Dr. C. T. Forsyth Major, Mr. W. E. de Winton, Mr. G. E. H. 

 Barrett-Hamilton, and Mr. J. L. Bonhote, should be especially 

 mentioned. 



Of the large number of specimens mounted for exhibition 

 during the year the following are the most worthy of 

 note : — 



Primates : — Gemnopithocus crucigar ; Papio ?tamadryas. 

 Carnivora : — A smoke Persian domestic cat, an Eskimo dog, 

 Felis leo ; Vulpes vulpes ; Putorius putorius ; and P. hiber- 

 nicus. Ungulata : —Buhalisjacksoni ; Gazella suhgutturosa ; 

 Saiga tartarica ; Kohus marioi and leucotis ; Bos nanus; 

 Bos sondaicus hiemanicus (head) ; Ovis orientalis and 

 vignei ; Capra sihirica wardi ; Capra p)yrenaica (head) ; 



