go ACCOUNTS, (fee, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The most important acquisitions were the following :— 



(1.) Of the collections made during the voyage of H.M.S. " Challenger," and pre- 

 sented by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, the following were received in 

 1889 :— 



{a.) One hundred and thirty-seven specimens of Pelagic Fish. 



(6.) Five hundred and forty-five Tunicata. 



(c.) P^'our hundred Pteropodd. 



{(l.) Thirty-two Polyjdacojihora. 



(e.) (Jne hundred and nine Cephalopoda. 



{ f.) Three hundred and sixty-three Deep-Sea Mollusca. 



(ty.) Twenty-six Folyzoa. 



(h.) Two thousand two hundred and fifty Crustacea {Amphipoda and Uopoda). 



(i.) Sixty-six Vermes {Nemertea, Myzostonm, and Entozoa). 



(j.) Thirty-nine Sponges (Keratosa). 



(k.) Three hundred and thirty-five Anthozoa (Alcyonaric and Actiniaria). 



(l.) Twenty-four Hydrozoa {Siphonophora). 



2. A collection made by H. C. V. Hunter, Esq., in the Kilimanjaro distiict. It 

 comprises twenty-five Mammals, including the type of Dmnalis hunteri; one hundred 

 and eio-hty-six birds, amongst which are types of six new species, and nine species 

 new to^the collection, a new fish (Oreochromis hunteri) from one of the Crater lakes; 

 two hundred and twenty-four Coleoptera, with many rare species ; nineteen 

 Lepidoptera and two Hemiptera. 



3. A collection of Marine Animals made by P. W. Bassett Smith, Esq., Surgeon, r.n., 

 durino- the survey of the Tizard and Macclesfield banks, China Sea, by H.M.S. 

 " Rambler," Commander W. U. Moore, and consisting of thirty-four Mollusca, one 

 hundred and twenty-four Polyzoa, twenty-seven Crustacea, thirty-four Echinoderms, 

 twenty-six Sponges, one hundred and seventy-eight Corals, and twenty-seven 

 Alcyonaria ; presented by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 



4>. A collection of Marine Animals, dredged in deep water ott" the south-west coast 

 of Ireland by the Rev. W. S. Green, consisting of twenty-one Fishes, eighty-three 

 Mollusca, eleven Polyzoa, thirty-four Crustacea, five Worms, one hundred and 

 seventy-four Echinoderms, one Sponge, six Hydrozoa, and two Radiolaria, amongst 

 which are several species new to the British Fauna, and some new to science ; 

 purchased. 



5. The fifth instalment of the Codman-Salvin collection of birds, referred to in the 

 Report for 188-5. This series consists of three thousand nine hundred and thirty- 

 nine specimens, and includes sixty-two types, and one hundred and sixty-four species 

 new to the collection ; presented by Osbert Salvin, Esq., f.r.s., and F. Du Cane 

 Godman, Esq., F.R.S. 



6. The collection of Dendrocolaptiida' and FormicaridiM, formed by P. L. Sclater, 

 Esq., F.R.S., containing one thousand nine hundred and forty-five specimens, and 

 including one hundred and ten types and twenty-five species new to the collection ; 

 purchased. 



7. The first instalment of the collection of African birds formed by Captain 

 G. E. Shelley, containing one thousand six hundred and sixty-six specimens, and 

 comprising Finches, Starlings, Larks, Weaver-birds, Woodpeckers, Cuckoos, and 

 Barbets, of which fifteen are types, and twenty-one species, new to the collection ; 

 purchased. 



8. One hundred and forty-eight specimens, forming part of the collection of the 

 late Count Riocour, and containing many of the original specimens described and 

 figured by Vieillot, as well as fourteen other types, and three species, new to the 

 collection, among them a specimen of the extinct Starling {Freyilu'pus varius). This 

 bird, formerly common in the Island of Reunion, is supposed to have been exter- 

 minated about fifty years ago ; and not more than sixteen specimens are known to 

 be preserved in various museums ; pufchased. 



f). A collection of Fishes made by the late Deputy Surgeon Genei*al Francis Day, 

 and be([ueathed by him to the Museum ; of the four thousand eight hundred and 

 seventy-five specimens selected for the Museum, four thousand four hundred were 

 from India, one hundred and fifty-five British Salmonidw, and the remainder chiefly 

 British or European ; also a collection of about three hundred Crustaceans, mostly 

 Decapoda, from India and the Indian seas. 



10. A collection 



