48 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Hemiptera, 110 Neuroptera, 120 Diptera, 15 Myrlopoda, and three Scorpions, from the 

 North- West Provinces of India ; presented by Mrs. C. Home. 



9. Four hundred fig-Insects from various localities, and 236 microscopic preparations, 

 from the collection of the late Sir Sidney Saunders ; jjurchased. 



Mammalia. — The additions to this class were 462, of which the most important are the 

 following : — 



A collection of Celtic and Roman human remains from Sitlingbourne ; presented by 

 George Payne, Esq., jun. 



Forty-three human skulls and bones from Cyprus ; presented by the Cyprus Expedition 

 Committee. 



Three human skulls from Tripoli ; presented by Admiral Spratt. 



Three human skulls from Lahore ; presented by Major General Sir R. Pollock, K. C.S.I. 



The skeleton of a Hottentot Avoman ; presented by David Gill, Esq. 



Forty-eight human skulls and 82 lower jaws from Banks, Mulgrave, and Dauan Islands, 

 Torres Stxaits ; purchased. 



The dried mumn)y of a Pajjuan Chief, from one of the Torres Straits Islands ; pre- 

 sented by the Hon. John Douglas. 



A skeleton of a " Great Dane" hound; presented by F. Adcock, Esq. 



Fine skeletons of an ElejAant, a Rhinoceros, a Buffalo, and a Tiger, from N. E. India; 

 purchased. 



A Zebu or Brahmin Bull {Bos indicus) ; purchased. 



Thirty skulls and mammals in spirit from the East Indian Archijielago ; pi'esented by 

 H. O. Forbes, Esq. 



Ahead and horns of Marco Polo's sheep (Oi;w po/z) from the Pamir; presented by 

 the Hon. Charles Ellis. 



A skeleton of a Susu {Plutanista c/ angelica); presented by R, A. Fayrer, Esq. 



Eight mammals from Borneo; presented by H. H. Rajah Brooke. 



Five mammals from Aden; presented by Major Yerbury. 



A lesser Kudu {Strepsiceros imberbis) from Somali-land; presented by Dr. P. L. 

 Sclater, r.R.s. 



The type specimen of Alcclaplms cohei, from Mpwapwa ; presented bv the Hon. W. 

 C. W. Coke. 



The type specimen of Guzella ilu.msoni, from Kilima-njaro ; purchased. 



Eight mammals from Central Africa, obtained by Herr F. Bohndorff ; purchased. 



Four mammals from Madagascar, including the type of Micr or/ ale dobsoni; purchased. 



A Wapiti Deer from Montana ; purchased. 



Thirty-one skulls and skeletons, including the skeleton of the rare Pontoporia hlainvillii, 

 and fifteen specimens in spirit, from Rio Grande do Sul ; collected by Dr. Von Ihering ; 

 purchased. 



A specimen of Cullithrix gigoi, new to the collection; purchased. 



The type specimen of the Tj-ee-Kangaroo of Queensland {Dendrolagus lumliolzi), and 

 13 3Ivridce from Norway ; received in exchange from Dr. R. Collett. 



Twenty-two skins and skulls of mammals from the collection of the late Dr. Crisp, 

 including several types ; purchased. 



/jirtfs. — Of the 3,623 specimens added to the collection during the year, the most im- 

 portant acquisitions were the following : — 



A series of Cormorants in different plumages from Cornwall, and a similar series of 

 Black Guillemots from Thurso ; presented by Dr. A. Giinther, f.e.s. 



A pair of Norfolk Plovers with their eggs, and a pair of White Wagtails with nest 

 and young ; presented by Lord Walsingham. 



A pair of Woodcocks with nest and young ; presented by Lord Lovat. 



Nests of the Song-thrush, Blackbird and Kingfisher, with the young and parent birds; 

 presented by T. Harcourt Powell, Esq. 



Two pairs of Dartford Warblers with nests, eggs, and young ; presented by Colonel 

 Irby. 



Two pairs of Red-shanks with nests, eggs, and young ; presented by the Rev. H. A. 

 Macpherson. 



A pair of the MeadoAv- pipit and Reed-warbler, with nests and young ; presented by R. 

 Bowdler Sharpe, Esq. 



The specimens oi Ficus villosns (an American Woodpecker) shot near Whitby in 1848 ; 

 presented by F. Bond, Esq. 



Forty-one Wagtails and Pipits from Norway ; presented by the Christiania Museum. 



Sixty-nine specimens Tskins and eggs) from Corsica, including the types of Sitta 

 whiteheadi; presented by John Whitehead, Esq. 



Twenty-eight Wagtails and Pipits from Italy ; presented by Professor Giglioli. 



Seven hundred and seventy-five specimens, illustrating the plumages of Swallows, 

 Wagtails and American Warblers ; presented by R. Bowdler Sharpe, Esq. 



One hnndred and nineteen American Warblers {MniotiltidcB) and twenty Swallows (.ffiV- 

 undinidii) ; presented by the United States National Museum. 



