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BEITISH MtJSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) 

 Acquisitions 



The number of acquisitions in the several Departments during the 

 year, apart from specimens received too late for incorporation and from 

 books, was as follows : — 



Department. 



Purchases. 



Donations, 



Exchanges, 



etc. 



Total. 



Zoology 



Entomology 



Geology 



Mineralogy 



Botany 



2.143 



75.242 



609 



158 



5,399 



25,528 



109,753 



11,851 



1,743 



47,440 



27,671 



184,995 



12,460 



1,901 



52,839 



Totals ... 



83,551 



196,315 



279,866 



The number of separate presents received during the year was 2,825, 

 among the more interesting of them being : — 



From H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, K.G. : the skull and head skin 

 of an Abyssinian duikerbok {Sylvicapra grimmi ahyssinica) and the 

 skin and skull of a second specimen of Menelik's bushbuck from 

 Abyssinia. 



From H.H. the Nawab Sahib of Junagadh : perfect skins and 

 complete skeletons of adult male and female Indian lions from the 

 Gir Forest. 



From the Government of Burma : the skin and skeleton of a full- 

 grown male Rhinoceros sumatrensis, the skeleton being complete except 

 for the horns. 



From Lord Rothschild, F.R.S. : a cast of a large swordfish {Xiphias 

 gladius). 



From Major F. Lort-Philips : a large collection of Somaliland, 

 Asiatic, and North American ungulates and carnivores, and a large 

 collection of British Lepidoptera. 



From the Executors and residuary legatee of the late Mr. C. St. 

 George R. Littledale : 94 specimens of antlers, horns, and heads, 

 including the record heads of the Newfoundland caribou, the Western 

 tur, and the Siberian argali. 



From Mr. Bertram Thomas : the collections made during his recent 

 explorations in Southern Arabia, comprising 26 mammals, 82 reptiles 

 and amphibians, a few molluscs, a number of arachnids, and 500 

 insects. 



From Mr. Marius Maxwell : a large album of photographs taken by 

 him in the Kivu district of Central Africa, which are of special interest 

 as illustrating the haunts of the eastern gorilla. 



From the Zoological Society of New York : a specimen of the extinct 

 tortoise of Charles Island, Galapagos. 



From Mr. J. C. Dollman : 35 mounted skulls of Central African 

 ungulates shot by the late Mr. Hereward Dollman, and a collection of 

 birds' 



From Dr. R. Tracy Jackson : a collection of 300 named and specially 

 selected echinoids, mostly from the West Indies. 



