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A series of 26 Cliiroptera and Rodentia from Java and the Fiji Islands ; jjresented by 

 Baron A. von Hiigel, and containing a new sj^ecies of rat {Mus huegeli). 



A very large and perfect male example of the Orang-utang from Borneo. 



A series of 22 skins and skulls from East Africa, consisting chiefly of Antelopes, and 

 containing a new species of Dwarf-anteloi)e (^Neotr(i(]ns kirkii), discovered in the Somali 

 country by Dr. Kirk, H. M. Consul General at Zanzibar, also skulls of Strepsiceros 

 imberhis, Gazella grantii, and G. walleri ; purchased. 



A new species of Dwarf-antelope from Damara laud (^ISleotragus damarensis) ; jiresented 

 by P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.R.S. 



A new species of Fox ( Canis rudis), and of Oppossum (^Didelphi/s turneri') ; collected by 

 the Rev. W. Y. Turner, in Demerara. 



The skeleton of a Baird's Tapir ; purchased. 



A specimen of a new genus of Rodents ( Thrinacodus alhicauda), collected in Medellin, 

 Columbian Confederation, by Mr. J. K. Salmon; purchased. 



Birds. — The total number of acquisitions amounts to 3,312, of which 700 belong to 

 the series from the Indian Museum. Fifty-eight species were entirely new to the col- 

 lection. 



The following accessions may be specially mentioned : — 



Twenty-five skins of AVillow-warblers (Phgl/oscopus) from various localities ; pre- 

 sented by Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



Fifty-seven specimens from the collection formed by Dr. Hildebrandt in Eastern 

 Africa, six species being new to the collection ; purchased. 



Three specimens from the Samoan Islands, including the type o£ Pinarolestes porrelli 

 from Tutuila ; presented by the Rev. Thomas Porrell, of Upolu, Samoa. 



Thirty specimens from Betsileo, Madagascar ; purchased. 



Twenty-five specimens from India and Bui'mah, ten of the species being new to the 

 collection ; purchased 



The type specimeus of DromcBocercus seebohmi, a new species of Warbler, and a very 

 rare Owl {Heliodilus soumagnii) from Madagascar; purchased. 



Specimens of a very interesting insular form of Land Rail {Rallus gularis, var.) from 

 the Island of Aldabra; discovered and presented by Captain Wharton, of H.M.S. " Fawn." 



Sixty-nine specimens from the neighbourhood of Port Moresby, S.E. New Guinea ; 

 collected by Mr. Kendal Broadbent, and containing 16 species not previously repre- 

 sented in the British Museum, among which are the types of Aprosmictus broadbenti and 

 P(Bcilodri/as Jlavicincla ; purchased. 



Nineteen skins of rare birds from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands, collected by 

 E. H. Layard, Esq., and including the types of eight of the new species described by him 

 and Canon Tristram ; purchased. 



Forty-eight bones of the extinct Goose of New Zealand {Cnemiornis) ; purchased. 



Reptiles and Amphibians. — The additions to these classes have been 380 in number, 

 and the following may be specially mentioned: — 



Eighty specimens from various parts of tlie Russian Empire ; obtained by exchange 

 from the St. Petersburg Museum. 



Forty-three specimens from Persia, containing young and adult specimens of Centra- 

 trachelus asmussii, Simotes diadema, Clotho euphratica, etc. ; purchased. 



A small collection from Asia Minor ; presented by C. G. Danford, Esq 



A series of a kind of fresh water turtle from Madagascar ( Dumeriliu); purchased. 



A small collection made by the Rev. G. A. Shaw in Betsileo, Madagascar, centaining 

 five new species of Chameleons ; purchased. 



Thirty-two specimens, collected by Mr. A. Everett in the Philippine Islands, contain- 

 ing a remarkable new genus of snakes ( Tgphlogeuphis), and others ; purchased. 



Fishes. — The total number of specimens received amounts to 1,414; — 



Fine examples of the Lax of Nova Zembla {Salmo alpinus); presented by Sir Henry 

 Gore Booth. 



A hundred and ninety-three Fishes from various parts of the Russian Empire, and con- 

 tainining species obtained during the recent exjoeditlons to Central Asia ; obtained by 

 exchange from the Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg. 



Specimens of Anarrldchas minor and Pelamys chilensis; obtained by exchange from the 

 Copenhagen Museum. 



A stuffed specimen of b'crranus gigas, 6. J feet long, from tlie Mauritius; purchased. 



A hundred and sixty specimens, chiefly from the Island of Ponape ; purchased. 



Forty-eight specimens, collected by Dr. Coppinger in or near the Straits of Magelhaen, 

 during the survey of H.M.S. " Alert." 



The typical specimen of a large iSting-ray from New Zealand {Trygon brevicaudata) ; 

 purchased. 



MoUusca. — The total number of additions during the past year has been 3,134; the 

 following acquisitions are the most important : — 



A very valuable series of two hundred and seventy-seven shells from the collection of 

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