96 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The third and final portion of the Leech Collection of 

 Oriental Moths, consisting of 4,732 specimens of Geometridse, 

 including 515 types, and 1,939 Pyralidae, with 128 types, 

 making a grand total of 16,085 specimens, including 1,329 

 types, selected from the whole collection ; the large collec- 

 tions of birds and other animals made by the late Mr. P. O. 

 Simons in South America ; a volume of original drawings of 

 birds, &c., made by Thomas Watling in Australia 120 years 

 ago ; a large piece of skin of Grypotherium, an extinct 

 species of gigantic ground-sloth, and 22 bones of that 

 animal or associated mammals, from the cavern at Last 

 Hope Inlet, Patagonia ; a large specimen of Calaverite, the 

 largest specimen of gold telluride raised ; the meteoric stone 

 which fell on 13 September last at Crumlin, near Belfast ; a 

 large slice of the meteoric iron found at Mukerop, Namaqua- 

 land, showing remarkable differences of crystalline structure ; 

 and the Pearson Collection of British and Exotic Hepatics, 

 containing 9,000 specimens, and forming the basis of Mr. 

 W. H. Pearson's recent standard work on the HepaticaB. 



Presents. 



The total number of separate presents reported as having 

 been received during the year by the several Departments 

 of the Museum was 1,853, as compared with 1,819 in 1901. 

 Many of these comprised large numbers of individual speci- 

 mens. The details of 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 and value : — 



From His Majesty the King. — Two Elephants' tusks from 

 the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace. 



From Mr. St. George Littledale. — Skins and skeletons of 

 Mammals from the Thian Shan, including specimens of 

 Wapiti, Ibex, Wild Sheep, Brown Bear, Tibetan Lynx, and 

 Marmot. 



From Mr. E. F. Johnston, H.B.M. Consul at Seville. — A 

 specimen of a Spanish Bull, being a typical representative of 

 the fighting race of bulls specially bred for bull-fights. 



From Mr. F. W. Sty an. — A collection of Mammals from 

 China, representing the results of many years' travel in 

 various parts of that country. 



From Mr. J. I. S. Whitaker. — Eighty-two Mammals, of 

 which nine are new species, obtained by Mr. Edward Dodson 

 daring the expedition to Tripoli, organised by Mr. Whitaker 

 last year. {See p. 92 of dast Report.) 



From Mr. W. Radclifi'e Saunders. — A collection of about 

 2,700 Birds' Eggs, containing a number of eggs unrepresented 

 in the Museum Collection. 



From Lord Ranfurly. — A further lot of Birds from the 

 JSfew Zealand seas, comprising 4*0 skins and 03 specimens 



