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From Mr. Gerald Sturt : a diatom collection of about 1,650 slides, 

 together with a catalogue of the collection. 



From Sir George F. Hampson, Bart. : a large framed portrait of 

 himself at the age of 70. 



From Mr. B. H. Soulsby : a valuable copy of a catalogue of the natural 

 history collections of King AdoK Fredrik of Sweden, drawn up by 

 Linnaeus, and published at Stockholm in 1754. 



From Professor AKred Hetschko : an important collection of books 

 on all branches of natural history. 



Bequests were made by the late Mr. G. W. Young, of 200 fossils, 

 5 minerals, about 100 rocks, and a large number of moUuscs ; by the 

 late Mr. C. E. Salmon, of his herbarium, comprising at least 60,000 

 specimens ; and by the late Mr. F. V. Theobald, of his very valuable 

 collection of 9,258 microscope shdes of plant lice. Sir S. F. Harmer, 

 K.B.E., F.R.S., announced his intention of bequeathing to the Museum 

 his extensive collection of books and papers dealing with the Polyzoa. 



Important purchases included a collection of 684 skeletons of birds 

 and 347 of mammals formed by the late Mr. E. T. Newton, F.R.S. ; 

 11 skulls and horns of African antelopes, 3 gorilla skulls, and female 

 and foetal skeletons of African elephants ; two mammoth tusks from 

 Siberia ; a complete Myxosaurus ; about 6,000 fishes from Paraguay ; 

 the late Dr. J. Waterston's collection of 2,220 microscope sHdes, and 

 about 15,300 spirit specimens of MaUophaga and Anoplura ; a collection 

 of fossils from Timor ; a complete mounted skeleton of the lower 

 Pliocene rhinoceros Tehoceras ; an etched shce of the meteoric iron of 

 Tocopilla ; and minerals and plants from various localities. 



Collecting Expeditions. 



Mr. F. W. H. Migeod, accompanied by Mr. F. R. Parrington of 

 Cambridge University, returned to East Africa in April to resume the 

 work of the British Museum East Africa Expedition. They con- 

 tinued for some time the excavations at Tendaguru, and subsequently 

 visited the fossil beds near Lake Nyasa, where dinosaur remains have 

 been found. The expedition finally closed down at the end of the year. 

 There has not yet been sufficient time to investigate fully the large 

 quantity of specimens collected. 



During the first half of the year a collecting expedition on behalf of 

 the Museum was undertaken by Lord Howard de Walden in the 

 Semhki Valley and the Ituri Forest, on the Uganda and Belgian 

 Congo border. 



Miss L. E. Cheesman's exploration of the insect fauna of the New 

 Hebrides continued until the end of the year, when her work there 

 came to an end. 



The Museum shared with the Field Museum of Natural History, 

 Chicago, the valuable series of specimens obtained by Mr. A. S. Vernay's 

 expedition to previously little known areas in South Africa, especially 

 in Bechuanaland. 



