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instalment of the large series with which he has enriched the 

 Museum. 



The event of the year was, however, the reception of the 

 Indian and Malayan Mammals, 371 in number, presented by 

 Mr. Allan 0. Hume to the Museum, supplemented in 1891 by 

 the donation of his magnificent collection of heads and horns. 



1886. 



Accessions, 380. 



The specimens collected by Dr. J. E. T. Aitchison, while 

 on the Afghan Delimitation Commission of 1885, were presented 

 in this year, as also were the first of the many donations of the 

 Marquis G. Doria, Director of the Genoa Museum, and of 

 Mr. F. W. Styan from China. 



1887. 



Accessions, 396. 



The first of Mr. CM. Woodford's interesting contributions 

 from the Solomon Islands, of Mr. F. J. Jackson's from British 

 East Africa, as well as Mr. W. L. Sclater's collection from 

 British Guiana, and the famous collection made by Emin Pasha 

 in Equatorial Africa were presented this year. 



1888. 



Accessions, 700. 



A series of heads and horns, presented by Mr. R. Lydekker, 

 a number of small Mammals from Texas, presented by Mr. W. 

 Taylor, and the first of the collections made by Dr. Percy 

 Rendall were the chief accessions. In this as in many succeeding 

 years, a number of Central American Mammals were presented 

 by Messrs. F. I). Godman and O. Salvin. 



The Catalogue of Marsupialia and Monotremata, by Oldfield 

 Thomas, was published in this year. 1304 specimens were 

 enumerated. 



1889. 



Accessions, 366. 



The first of Dr. Charles Hose's Bornean collections was 

 acquired. 



1890. 



Accessions, 422. 



Mr. St. Geo. Littledale's Central Asian contributions com- 

 menced this year, and Emin Pasha's second collection was also 

 received. 



