22 Zoology. 



Bennett (Dr. George), of Sydney. [1837] 



A number of animals from New South Wales referred to by G. R. 

 Waterhouse, Dr. Gray, and others in the Proc. Zool. Soc, London, and 

 elsewhere. 

 Bennett (Dr. George F.), son of the foregoing. 



16 Mammals from Port Stevens, New South Wales. Presented. 



Betton (C. Stuart). [1897] 



86 Mammals from British East Africa, collected during the con- 

 struction of the Uganda Railway. Presented. 



Including types of Genetta bettoni and Pedetes surdaster, Thos. 



Biddulph (Col John). [1875] 



29 Mammals from Yarkand and other parts of Central Asia, including 

 the types of Ochotona ladacensis and macrotis, Lepus yarkandensis and 

 pamirensis, Giinther. Presented. 



Bingham (Col. C. T.). [1882] 



Mammals from Tenasserim. Presented. 



Blaekler (W. G.). [1903] 



13 Mammals from Smyrna, including the types of Meriones blacMeri 

 and Mus smymensis. Presented. 



Blanford (Dr. W. T.). [1862] 



Naturalist to the Abyssinian Expedition of 1868 ; Deputy Superin- 

 tendent of the Geological Survey of India, and Author of "The Geology 

 and Zoology of Abyssinia," 1870; "Eastern Persia," 1876; "The 

 Mammals of India," 1887-91, and a large number of papers on Indian 

 Mammals. 



Specimens from Abyssinia, presented by the Viceroy and Council of 

 India, and including the material on which Mr. Blan ford's work on 

 Abyssinia was based .' Includes the type of Lepus tigrensis. 



Specimens from Persia, illustrating " Eastern Persia," and including 

 types of Vulpes canus, Meles canescens, Mus arianus, Gerbillus nanus, 

 Myoxus pictus, described in that work. 



About 450 Mammals from India, mostly referred to in the " Fauna of 

 British India," and including the types of Microtus ivynnei, Blanf., 

 Crocidura leucogenys, Dobs., Chimarrogale sikimensis, De Wint., 

 Prionodon macutosus, Blanf., and others. Presented. 



Dr. Blanford was one of the most generous donors to the National 

 Museum, and has also rendered it great service by working out collections 

 and by stimulating other naturalists to contribute. 



Blyth (Edward). [1865] 



Curator of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, 

 and author of a large number of papers on Indian and African Mammals. 



22 Mammals from India, including typical specimens of Sciurus 

 phayrei, Blyth, S. berdmorei, Blyth, and Platacanthomys lasiurus, Blyth. 

 Presented. 



Also the typical horns of Bubalis major, Blyth, from West Africa. 

 Purchased. 



Bock (Carl). [1879] 



29 Mammals from Sumatra. Purchased. 



