40 Zoology. 



Ihering (Dr. H. von). [1882] 



Writer on Brazilian Mammals, and now Director of the Sao Paulo 

 Museum. 



213 Mammals from Rio Grande do Sul, including the types of 

 Peramys iheringi, P. lienseli, Oxymycterus iheringi, Thos., and others. 

 Purchased. 



India Museum. [1879] 



Formerly the Museum of the Hon. East India Company. 



695 Mammals from various localities, mostly India. 



Sharing the first place in historical importance with the Museum of 

 the Zoological Society, that of the East India Company, transferred to 

 the British Museum in 1879, proved to be of priceless value and interest. 

 The collections made in the East Indies by all the early founders _ of 

 zoology in that part of the world were contained in it, so that its possession 

 has been of the utmost service in studying the fauna of our Indian 

 possessions. Of the collections it included, the most important are 

 those of Dr. Thomas Horsfield, from Java, the basis of his " Zoological 

 Researches in Java, 1824"; of Sir Stamford Raffles, from Sumatra; of 

 Dr. T. Cantor, from the Malay Peninsula ; Col. W. H. Sykes, from the 

 Dekkan; Capt. (now Sir) B. Strachey, from Kumaon ; Major R. B. 

 Pemberton, from Bhutan ; Mr. B. H. Hodgson, from Nepal and Sikhim ; 

 Dr. John McClelland, from Assam ; Gen. T. Hardwicke ; Capt. Tytler ; 

 Capt. T. Hutton; Mr. Walter Griffith ; Dr. A. T. Christie, and others. 



A catalogue of the Museum, as then existing, was published in 1851 

 by its Curator, Dr. T. Horsfield, and many new species were described 

 therein. 



The types contained in this collection are, as may be supposed from 

 the above list of authors and collectors, far too numerous to be 

 enumerated here. 



Ingram (Sir William J., Bart, and Charles). [1875] 



A number of Reindeer and Lemmings from Norway. 



Much of the success of the Robert expedition to S. Brazil (1900-2) is 

 also due to Sir W. Ingram, who gave a liberal contribution towards 

 its cost. 



Isaac (F. W.). [1902] 



14 Mammals from British East Africa, including a series of the 

 Eastern form of the Bongo (Boocercus euryceros isaaci, Thos.). 

 Presented. 



Jackson (Frederick J.), G.B., C.M.G. [1887] 



Deputy Commissioner, Uganda Protectorate. East African sportsman, 

 and author of works on the Natural History of the country. 



190 Mammals from East Africa and the Uganda Protectorate, 

 including types of a considerable number of new species, of which the 

 most notable are : Bubalis jacksoni ; Connochseies taurinus aloojubatus ; 

 Cephalophus harveyi, Thos. ; Sciurus jacksoni, de Wint. ; Otomys jacksoni, 

 Thos. ; Bystrix galeata, Thos. Presented. 



The series from Mt. Elgon, on which the paper by 0. Thomas (P.Z.S., 

 1891, p. 181) was based, is of especial importance. 



