(52 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THK KRITISH MUSEUM. 



Eig'hteen small Mammals from North America ; received in exchange from Dr. 

 C. Hart Merriam. 



Seven Bats and other small Mammals from Trinidad, including the type of a new 

 Bat (Vam'pyrQps caraccioli) ; presented by Henry Caracciolo, Esq. 



Eleven Bats and other Mammals from the West Indies ; presented by the Com- 

 mittee for Exploration of the Lesser Antilles. 



Seven Mammals from Mexico ; presented by Osbert Salvin, Esq. and F. Dn ("ane 

 Godman, Esq. 



A specimen of a West Indian Seal {Monachus troplcalis); presented by F. Du Cane 

 Godman, Esq. 



Twenty-seven Mammals, including co-types of two new species, from Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico ; received in exchange from the Museum of Mexico. 



Fifteen Mammals from Demerara ; received in exchange from the British Guiana 

 Museum. 



Bivfls. — Nine thousand eight hundred and thirty-six additions were made to this 

 branch of the. collection during the past year. Besides the collections already men- 

 tioned, the following are the most noteworthy : — 



Three hundred and eighty-three specimens from the Palsearctic Region, Africa, and 

 New Guinea, including nine types and seven species new to the collection, and among 

 them the Paradise Birdt^, iJpiruachus 'inaclcayanw Siiv] Asfrdchia steplmnifB ; pre- 

 sented by Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



Sixty -four specimens from N. Borneo, including Cissa jcfreyi, a species new to 

 the collection ; presented by John Whitehead, Esq. 



Thirty-six specimens from Palawan, including five species new to the collection, 

 collected by Mr. John Whitehead ; purchased. 



Forty-four specimens from Kansu, W. China, including seventeen species new 

 to the collection ; purchased. 



-Six specimens from Somali-land, including Saxicola phiUipsi, new to the collection ; 

 presented by E. Lort Phillips, Esq. 



One bundled and five specimens from the West Indies ; presented by the West 

 Indian Committee for the Exploration of the Lesser Antilles. 



Six specimens from the Solomon Islands, collected by Mr. C. M. Woodford, and 

 including the types of Pomnrcd florcncioi, and Rallina ivoodfordi ; purchased. 



The type of Eudyptes sclateri from the Auckland Isles ; purchased. 



Ninety-seven Ducks and Geese from various localities ; presented by Captain H. J. 

 Elwes. 



Reptiles. — Eight hundred and lifty-nine specimens were added to this class. The 

 following are the more important additions : — 



One hundred and forty-four specimens from the collection pf the late Dr. J. G. 

 Fischer, of Hamburg, among which are the types of many species described by that 

 Herpetologist ; purchased. 



Eight specimens from Tangiers, amongst which is a Snake new to the collection 



(Coronella amaJin) ; purchased. 



Nineteen specimens from Ichang, on the Yang-tse-Kiang, including a new Lizard 

 {Eumcccs xanthi) and two new Snakes (Ahlabes sinensis and Trimeresurus xan- 

 thomelas) ; purchased. 



A specimen of the Asiatic Alligator (Alligator sinensis) from Kiu Kiang, Yang-tse- 

 Kiang, neM' to the collection ; purchased. 



Fifteen specimens from India, amongst which is a new Snake from Sind (Zaiuenin 

 arenarius ; presented by the late F. Day, Esq. 



Thirty-nine specimens from Sr. L. Fea's Burmese collection, including type 

 specimens of nine species (Calotes nnicrolepis, Mabuia quxtdricarinata, Lygosoma 

 zehraturn, L. kakhienensr, L. dorice, L. melanostictum, L. feon, Sionotes torquatus 

 and Dendroj>his suhocularis) ; purchased. 



Thirteen specimens from Tenasserim and the Andamans, including a new Snake 

 {TypJdops oatesii); presented by E. W. Gates, Esq. 



Seventeen specimens collected at Kashgar by the Rev. H. Lansdell, including two 

 Lizards new to the collection (Ay u via stoliczkana and Phrynocephalus axillaris) ; 

 purchased. 



Thirty-seven specimens from the district of Deli, Sumatra ; obtained partly by 

 purchase, partly by exchange. 



One of the type specimens of a new Lizard (Lygosovia malayanum) from Sumatra ; 

 presented by the Marquis G. Doria. 



Nineteen specimens obtained by Mr. C. M. Woodford in the Islands of Guadal- 

 canar and Florida, Solomon Archipelago, uxcluding a new Snake (Hoptlocephalus 

 elapoides) ; purchased. 



Fifteen specimens from the Louisiade Archipelago ; presented by Basil H. Thom- 

 son, Esq. 



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