120 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Maiiimalia. — The accessions to this class have been one 

 thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, of which the 

 following deserve special mention : — 



Four imperfect human skeletons of the Romano-British 

 period, found near Augmering, Sussex; presented by Dr. 

 Victor Horsley. 



Sixty skins and stuffed specimens of British Mammals and 

 a number of Bats from Egypt ; presented by the Hon. N. C. 

 Eothschild. 



A young East Greenland Musk Ox, a Male Kashmir Stag, 

 a Barbary Deer, the type of Cervus tavistocJci from the 

 Philippines, a Chinese Water Deer {Hydropotes ineronis), a 

 Goitred Gazelle (Gazella suhgutturosa), and the type of 

 Macropus hedfovdi, all from the Woburn Menagerie ; 

 presented by the Duke and Duchess of Bedford. 



A fine pair of horns of the Caucasian Deer {Cervus 

 elaphus) ; presented by W. F. Yeames, R.A. 



Skins of Capra sihirica lydekkeri, Ovis sairensis, and 

 Capreolus hygargus from the Altai, and three small 

 mammals from the Philippines ; presented by the Hon. 

 Walter Rothschild, m.p. 



Eighty mammals from the Balearic Islands ; presented by 

 Messrs. Oldfield Thomas and R. I. Pocock. 



The type specimen of the Battistan Ibex (Capva sihirica 

 ^uardi) of the E. Greenland Musk Ox {Ovilos moschatus 

 wardi) and the Tohi (Gevvicapra redunca luardi), and 

 mounted heads of Kobus lechu and K. vardoni ; presented 

 by Rowland Ward, Esq. 



Forty-two mammals from Kuatun and Foochow, China; 

 presented by C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



Two bears (Ursus middendorfi), a sheep {Ovis nivicola), 

 and a marmot {Arcto'inys hobac) from Kamtchatka ; presented 

 by St. Geo. Littledale, Esq. 



A number of skulls and other bones of oxen, goats, dogs, 

 antelopes, &c., from ancient tombs at Abadiyeh, Egypt ; 

 presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund through Prof. W. 

 Flindus Petrie. 



Twenty-one mammals from the White Nile, including 

 skins of Kobus onarico and K. leucotis, and Glanconyctius 

 floweri ; presented by Capt. Stanley Flower. 



An unusually fine skull of Baker's Antelope {J^goceros 

 equinus baheri) from the Upper Nile; presented by SirWm. 

 Garstin. 



Six mammals from the White Nile, including examples for 

 mounting of Kobus marice and K. leucotis; presented by 

 Capt. Dunn. 



