36 Zoology. 



Owing to the profusion of his memoirs, the number of his types is enormous, 

 and these types are constantly being referred to and must remain of priceless 

 value. Such mistakes as he made — and no man has been more abused — 

 were due to his excess of energy and his consequently trying to do too much 

 with insufficient material and help, and this in the face of considerable 

 opposition from the more official departments of the Museum. In spite, 

 therefore, of his many scientific errors, every lover of the Museum 

 collection should be grateful to Dr. Gray for upholding its interests 

 at a time when any slackness would have resulted in its taking a far 

 inferior position to those continental rivals with which, thanks to him, it 

 competed so successfully. 



Gregory (Prof. J. W.). [1893] 



52 Mammals collected during his East African expedition of 1893, 

 including the type of Thryonomys gregorianus, Thos. Presented. 



Mammals from Spitzbergen, including the type of Vulpes I. spitz- 

 bergenensis, Barrett-Hamilton and Bonhote. Presented. 



Grey (Gapt. Sir George). [1840] 



99 Mammals from South Australia, of which colony Sir George Grey 

 was Governor. Presented. 



Other specimens from Western Australia. 



The types of Macropus greyi, Waterhouse, and Petrogale brachyotzs, 

 Gould, Mas greyi, Scotophilia morio, and other species described by 

 Gray, are in this collection. 



A list of the Mammals of Australia, based on the collections of Sir 

 George Grey, Mr. Gunn, and Mr. Gould, was contributed to Grey's 

 " Journals of two Expeditions of Discovery " (Vol. II., Appendix, p. 397 

 et sqq.), 1841, by Dr. Gray. 



Gunn (Ronald). [1838] 



A number of Mammals from Tasmania. 



The collection of Mammals made and presented by Mr. Gunn was 

 one of the greatest importance, nearly all the species found in the island 

 being represented. 



In marsupials, especially, the collection was of the greatest value at a 

 time when very few members of the order had been collected, and the 

 specimens in it are constantly referred to in Waterhouse's " Marsupialia," 

 1846, and the " Catalogue of Marsupialia and Monotremata," 1888. 



Mr. Gunn's "Notices accompanying a collection of Quadrupeds and 

 Fish from Van Diemen's Land," Ann. Mag. N. H. (1), p. 101 (1838), 

 refers to his first collection, which was transmitted to the Museum by 

 Sir W. J. Hooker. 



Among others the types of PerameJes gunni, Gray, and Dromicia 

 lepida, Thos., are contained in Mr. Gunn's collection. 



Gunther (Br. A.). [1859] 



Assistant, 1862 ; Keeper, 1875-1895. 



Some bats in spirit and a number of skulls of various Mammals, 

 mostly from southern Germany ; 183 specimens in all. Purchased. 



Guppy (Dr. H. B.), B.N. [1883] 



38 Mammals frcm the Solomon Islands, collected during the surveying 

 voyage of H.M.S. Lark. Presented by the Admiralty. 



Also a certain number of human crania and specimens of human hair 

 from the same region. 



