Mammals. Gl 



Wallace (Dr. Alfred R). [185G] 



The famous traveller and writer. 



123 Mammals from the East Indian Archipelago, including many 

 types of species described by Dr. Gray; the most notable arc those 

 of JReithrosciurus macrotis, Mus xanthurus and cehbensis, Phctfanger 

 celebensis, and or n at us, and Phascogale wallacei. 



A number of Bats received in the Tomes collection. 



Ward (Col. A. E.). [1903] 



A number of Mammals from Kashmir, including the types of Ochotona 

 wardi, Microtus imitator, and others. Presented. 



Ward (Rowland). [1889] 



65 Mammals, mostly large, from various localities. Presented. 



For many years Mr. Rowland Ward has lost no opportunity of 

 encouraging sportsmen to present specimens to the National Museum, 

 and is himself the donor of no inconsiderable number. Among these 

 latter are the type-specimens of Ovibos m. wardi, Lyd., and Oryx calhtis 

 and Cervicapra ivardi, Thos. 



Waterhouse (F. G.). [1870] 



Director of the Adelaide Museum. 



19 skulls of Wombats and other Marsupials from South Australia. 

 Presented. 

 Waterhouse (Geo. R.). [1860] 



Author of the " Natural History of the Mammalia," 1846-18. 

 Curator of the Zoological Society's Museum, and afterwards Keeper of the 

 Geological Department in the British Museum. 



41 skins and skulls of small Mammals from various localities; among 

 others the type of FhascogaJe swainsoni, Waterh. Presented. 



Watson (H. J.). [1900] 



218 Mammals from Bogava, Chiriqui, Panama, including the types of 

 14 new species. Mostly presented by Oldfield Thomas. 



Wellington Museum, New Zealand. [1876] 



Some Bats and Rodents, and an important collection of Pinnipedian 

 and Cetacean skulls and skeletons from New Zealand, including skeletons 

 of Neobalxna marginata and Mesoplodon hedori. Received in exchange. 



Welwitsch (Dr.). [1866] 



30 Mammals from Angola. Presented. 

 Whitaker (J. I. S.). [1894] 



156 Mammals from Marocco, Tunis, and Tripoli, mostly collected by 

 E. Dodson, and others from Sicily. Presented. 



The African specimens are the results of expeditions sent out by 

 Mr. Whitaker into the countries mentioned, and have proved of very 

 great interest. They have formed the bases of the following papers: — 

 de Winton, "On a Collection of Mammals from Morocco w (Proc Zool. 

 Soc, 1897, p. 593); Thomas, "On the Mammals collected during the 

 Whitaker Expedition to Tripoli" (Ibid., 1902, p. 2). 



Types of 12 new species are included, of which the mosl noticeable 

 are those of Crocidura whitakeri and LepuA attanticus, de Wint., and 

 L. whitakeri, and Ctenodactylus vali, Thos. 



The Sicilian series also includes types of QUs insular is, Eliomys 

 pcdlidus and other species described by Barrett Hamilton. 



