r(3 ACCOUNTS, &.C., OF THE BUITISH MUSEUM. 



9. A collection made and presented by Emin Paslia at Wadelai and Monbuttu in 

 Central Africa, comprising 106 Mammals, 342 Birds, 27 Reptiles, 30 Shells, 350 Lepi- 

 doptera, and 33 other insects. This collection includes many species previously unknown 

 or new 'to the i\Iuseum, and is a highly valuable contribution to our knowledge of the 

 distribution of animals in the centre of the continent. 



10. A collection of 329 specimens of fishes from Muscat, Arabia, presented by Surgeon 

 Major A. S. G. Jayakar. This collection comprises specimens of very large size, and 

 many undescribed species of economic or purely scientific interest, showing that this part 

 of the Arabian coast possesses a fish-fauna, the wealth of Avhich is not excelled by any 

 other part of the Indian Ocean. 



11. The collection of Deep Sea Fishes obtained in the Faeroe Channel during the 

 cruises of Her Majesty's Steamships " Knight Errant " and " Triton," in the years 1880 

 ;',nd 1882 ; the most important contribution that has yet been made to our knowledge of 

 bathybial fishes in the IBritish area. 



12. Explorations of a similar nature, although within the littoral zone, are continued on 

 the North West Coast of Scotland, thanks to the energy of J. Murray, Esq., v.p.r.s.e., 

 the head of the Marine Biological Station at Granton. The species obtained were trans- 

 mitted to the British Museum for identification, and a complete set is retained for future 

 reference or for the completion of the collection. In the past year 68 fishes, 210 Mollusca 

 and Tunicates, 116 Crustaceans, 308 Worms, 71 Echinoderms and 18 Sponges, many 

 of great interest and previously but poorly, or not at all represented in the Museum, 

 were thus added to the collections. 



Mammalia. — The additions to this class during the past year were 396, of which the 

 following are especially Avorthy of note : — 



Two skulls of Nicobarese from Teressa Island ; presented by E. H. Man, Esq. 



Seventeen skulls of ancient Egyptians, obtained by the Egyptian Exploration Com- 

 mittee ; presented by F. H. Griffith, Esq. 



A Keindeer from the Loerdal Mountains, Norway ; presented by Messrs. W. J. and 

 Charles Ingram. 



The skeleton of a male Killer {Orea gladiator) from Bildoen Island near Bergen; pur- 

 chased. 



A Harp Seal {Phoca harbata) from the Arctic regions ; presented by Capt. David 



Cfi'ay- 



Skulls and horns of Ursus arctos, Sus scrofa, Hemitragiis hylocrius and Cejvns elaphus, 

 from the Caucasus and Nilghiris ; collected and presented by St. George Littledale, Esq. 



Eleven skulls and horns of Bibos banting and Busa equina from the Rejang River, 

 Sarawak ; collected by the late H. Brooke Low, Esq. 



Twelve small Mammalia from Burma and the Punjab ; collected and presented by 

 W. Theobald, Esq. 



Seven mammals from Liberia, including a specimen of the Pigmy Hippopotamus 

 ( fJippopotarnvs libcriensis), new to the collection : purchased. 



Eight mammals from Kilima-njaro ; collected and presented by F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



A Rocky-Mountain Goat (Haplocerus momanvs) from Montana ; presented by Thomas 

 Bate, Esq. 



Eleven mammals from S. Texas, including the type of Hesperomys taylori ; purchased. 



Nine mammals from Demerara, includiDg a new species [Hespeiomgs sclnteri) ; 

 collected and presented W. L. Sclater, Esq. 



A head from Aiacran Island, Peru, and a skull from Coquimbo, of the Sea-lion 

 (Otariajubata) ; collected and presented by Lieut. Dayrell i'avis, R.K. 



Twenty -two mammals, mostly bats, from the Solomon Islands, including the types of 

 two new species {Nesongcteris woodfordi and Pteropux grandis) ; purchased. 



Six small mammals from New Guinea, including typical sjjecimens of Pliascolozale 

 doria. and P. dorsalis) ; received in exchange from the Museo Civico, Genoa. 



Eleven small mammals from Tasmania, including typical specimens of four species 

 described by W. F. Petterd, Esq, ; received in exchange from the describer. 



Birds. — The additions to the collection of birds during the past year amount to 6,746 ; 

 beside the " Tweeddale " Collection already mentioned, the following are most worthy 

 of note ; — 



Parent birds, nests and eggs or young of the Jackdaw, Capercailzie and Landrail ; pre- 

 sented by W. R. 0. Grant, Esq. 



A pair of Sparrows, with nest and young ; presented by Dr. Giinther. 



A female Gadwall and a pair of Nuthatches, with nests and young ; presented by the 

 Right Hon, Lord Walsingham., r.E.s, 



A female Capercailzie, with nest and eggs ; presented by Colonel Irby. 



A pair of Ptarmigan, with nest and eggs ; presented by his Grace the Duke of Athole. 



A pair of Kentish Plover, with young and eggs ; presented by Colonel Irby and Captain 

 Verner. 



A pair of Laughing Gnlls, with nest and eggs ; presented by the late Lord Lovat. 



Parent birds, young and eggs uf the Lesser Tern ; presented by Captain Verner. 



'lliirty-one birds from Fkmborough ; presented by the Right Hon, the Earl of Londes- 

 borough. Sixty 



