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animals. Owing to the systematic study of Mammals having 

 synchronised so closely with the growth of the British Empire, 

 the discovery of such distinct species has fallen very largely into 

 the hands of contributors to the British Museum. 



With the modern finer methods of distinction, it is possible 

 that in mere numbers of types other collections may in time 

 rival the British Museum, but they can never approach it in 

 regard to the historical interest always attaching to the first 

 discovery of wholly new forms. 



Catalogues. 



A list of the Catalogues of Mammals in the British Museum 

 is given here, as the names, dates, and authors indicate the 

 progress of the Collection and the work which was being done 

 upon it at different times. 



1843. — List of the specimens of Mammalia. By J. E. Gray. 



1846.— Catalogue of the specimens and drawings of Mammals, etc., of Nepal 



and Thibet, presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. By J. E. Gray. 

 1847.— List of Osteological specimens. By J. E. Gray. 

 1850.— Catalogue of the specimens of Mammalia. By J. E. Gray. Part I. 



Cetacea. 

 1850. — Catalogue of the specimens of Mammalia. By J. E, Gray. Part II. 



Seals. 

 1852. — Catalogue of the specimens of Mammalia. By J. E. Gray. Part III. 



Ungulata Furcipeda. 

 1859.— Catalogue of the Mammalia of New Guinea in the British Museum. 



By J. E. Gray. 

 1862.— Catalogue of the Bones of Mammalia. By E. Gerrard. 

 1866.— Catalogue of Seals and Whales. 2nd Edition. By J. E. Gray. 

 1869.— Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous and Edentate Mammalia. 



By J. E. Gray. 

 1870. — Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats. By J. E 



Gray. 

 1871.— Supplement to the Catalogue of Seals and Whales. By J. E. Gray. 

 1872.— Catalogue of Kuminant Mammalia. By J. E. Gray. 

 1873.— Hand-list of the Edentate, Thick-skinned, and Buminant Mammals. 



By J. E. Gray. 

 1874.— Hand-list of Seals, Morses, Sea-Lions, and Sea-Bears. By J. E. Gray. 

 1878.— Catalogue of the Chiroptera. By G. E. Dobson. 

 1884.— Eeport on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean 



during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert— Mammals. By 0. Thomas. 

 1885. — List of the specimens of Cetacea. By W. H. Flower. 

 1888.— Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata. By O. Thomas. 

 1900.— A Monograph of Christmas Island : Mammals. By C. W. Andrews. 



1902 Report on the collections made during the voyage of the Southern 



Cross— Seals. By G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton and E. A. Wilson. 



