Mammals. 3 1 



Elliot (Sir Walter). [1836] 



A series of Mammal skins from the district of Dharwar, Southern 

 Bombay (erroneously recorded as "Madras" in the Museum registers and 

 early published lists). Presented. 



These specimens formed the materials on which was based Sir 

 Walter Elliot's "Catalogue of the Species of Mammalia found in the 

 Southern Mahratta Country; with their Synonimes in the Native 

 Languages in use there" (.Madras Journal, x., pp, ( .)2 and 207, L839). 



Several of the species were described almost simultaneously by Gray 

 in London and by Elliot in the ab^vc paper, Gray having the priority. 



Anions; others the types of Mus mettada, Gray, Golimda ellioti, 

 Gray, and "Antilope subA-cornutus," Elliot, were contained in this 

 collection. 



Also seven skulls of Cetaceans from the Harbour of Vizagapatam, 

 being the specimens on which Prof. Owen's paper " On some Indian 

 Cetacea collected by Walter Elliot, Esq." (Trans. Zool. Soc, vi., p. 17, 

 pis. 3-14, 1866) was founded, and including the types of Physeter simus 

 (= Kogiabreviceps), Orcella brevirostris, Ddphinus fusiformis (= Lagen- 

 orhynchus electro), Ddphinus pomegra, Sotalia gadamu, and Sotalia 

 lentiginosa therein described and figured. 



Elliott (G. F. Scott). [1892] 



24 Mammals from Nigeria and Ruwenzori, Equatorial Africa. 

 Presented. 



Elsey (Dr. J. R.). [1857] 



20 31 animals from Port Essington and neighbouring localities, 

 obtained during the North Australian expedition of 1856, and including 

 the type of Conilurus hemileucurus, Gray. Presented. 



Emin Pasha. [1882] 



145 Mammals from the Equatorial Province of Central Africa, from 

 Monbuttu, and from East Africa between the Great Lakes and the coast. 

 Presented. 



Emin Pasha was an enthusiastic collector, and the specimens he 

 obtained were the first received from the eastern parts of the great Congo 

 forest. His specimens formed the basis of two papers (Thomas, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc, 1888, p. 3 ; 1890, p. 443) and many of them have been also 

 described separately as further material accumulated. 



The most notable of the species discovered by Emin are Anomalurus 

 pusillus, Thos., GerbiUus emini, Thos., MaJacomys centralist de Whit. 

 Sciurus akl:a, de Wink, Georychus hchei, Thos., Atlurura centralis, 

 Thos. 



The two skeletons of Congo Pigmies, or "Akkas," described by 

 Sir W. II. Flower (J. Anthrop. Inst., 1888), were also contained in this 

 collection. 



Esler (H). [1871] 



51 Mammals from Bogos Land, including the type of Bubalia tora, 

 Gray. Purchased. 



Euphrates Expedition. [1850] 



Under the command of Sir George Chesney. 



12 Mammals obtained during the expedition, and including the type 

 of AUactaga euphratica, Thos. Presented. 



