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Seven mammals from N.W. Australia ; presented by the 

 Perth Museum, Western Australia. 



The egg sac of an Ornithorhynchus from Queensland ; 

 presented by Prof. J. P. Hill. 



Forty-five mammals from Assiniboia, Canada ; presented by 

 Edwin Hollis, Esq. 



The mounted head of a Deer (Odocoileus macrotis) showing 

 abnormal horn-growth, from the United States of America ; 

 presented by Ronald B. Bricrley, Esq. 



Five mammals from British Columbia ; presented by 

 L. C. Bullock Webster, Esq. 



Three hundred mammals collected in South America by 

 the late Mr. P. O. Simons (Bolivia and Argentina), and 

 Messrs. L. Dinelli (Tucuman) and C. Engelke (Santa Marta), 

 and in Switzerland by the donor ; presented by Oldfield 

 Thomas, Esq. 



Twenty-three Bats and seventy-one other mammals from 

 Paraguay, collected by Mr. W. Forster ; purchased. 



Five mammals from Valparaiso ; presented by J. A. Wolff- 

 sohn, Esq. 



Eight mammals from the Bahamas ; presented by J. Lewis 

 Bonhote, Esq. 



Aves : — The accessions totalled eight thousand six hundred 

 and twenty-eight, of which the following deserve special 

 notice : — 



One hundred and sixty-two birds from New Zealand and 

 the Cook Islands ; presented by the Earl of Ranfurly. 



Forty-eight birds from Mashonaland ; presented by J. 

 ffolliott Darling, Esq. 



Forty-eight birds from the Soudan ; presented by R. M. 

 Hawker, Esq. 



Two hundred and twelve birds from Nyasaland; presented 

 by Alfred Sharpe, Esq., C.B. 



Sixty-eight birds from New Guinea ; including examples of 

 two species new to the collection ; presented by Capt. F. R. 

 Barton. 



Four hundred and eighty-five birds, and one hundred and 

 two eggs from Fohkien ; presented by C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



An example of the nearly extinct Merganser {Merganser 

 australis) from Auckland Island ; presented by Lieut. 

 Kennett Dixon, R.N. 



Two thousand two hundred and twenty eggs from Eastern 

 Asia, Australia and North America; presented by W. 

 RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



Three specimens of the Sicilian Long-tailed Titmouse 

 {Acrediila sicula) new to the collection; presented by 

 J. I. S. Whitaktr, Esq. 



