776 Zoology. 



Cape Colony, Government of. 



Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist has sent in 1901 and 1901 two large consign- 

 ments of Sponges, comprising 210 specimens, dredged by him off the coasts 

 of Cape Colony and Natal. A part of these collections has been described 

 by R. Kirkpatrick in "Marine Investigations in South Africa," 1902-3. 

 Presented by the Government of Cape Colony. 



Carpenter (William Benjamin). [1813-1885] 



In 1886, the collection of Dr. \Y. B. Carpenter, F.R.S., was presented 

 to the Museum by his widow. This comparatively small collection, 

 consisting of only 131 slides, is of great interest, since it includes many 

 of the specimens obtained during the cruises of H.M.S. Lightning, 

 Porcupine and Valorous. The " Lightning " Foraminifera were referred 

 to by Dr. Carpenter in the Proc. Roy. Soc. for 1868, the " Porcupine " 

 Foraminifera in the Proc. Roy. Soc. for 1870, and the " Valorous " 

 specimens in the Proc. Roy. Soc. for 1877 ; some are figured by Dr. Car- 

 penter in " The Microscope." Many of the specimens are the actual 

 types figured by H. B. Brady in his " Challenger" Report. 

 See Brady, H. B., and " Challenger" 



" Challenger," Expedition of H.M.S. 



The "Challenger" Foraminifera include: (1) The specimens of 

 Orbitolites, described by Dr. VV. B. Carpenter, F.R.S., in the " Challenger " 

 Report on that group. The collection consists of 42 slides on which are 

 mounted specimens, preparations, and sections. (2) The general 

 " Challenger " collection (612 slides) described by H. B. Brady, F.R.S., in 

 the " Challenger " Report on the Foraminifera. Mr. Brady has included 

 in his Report the description of species obtained by H.M.S. " Porcupine " 

 and " Knight-Errant" and by the Austro-H ungarian North Polar Expedi- 

 tion ; and specimens obtained by these expeditions are included in the 

 general " Challenger " collection. 



Funafuti Boring Expedition. 



The Foraminifera, mounted on 1040 slides, obtained from the lagoon 

 and reefs of Funafuti were described by F. Chapman in the Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xxviii., 1900. Presented by the Royal Society, London. 



Parker (William Kitchen). [1823-1890] 



In 1894, the Museum acquired the collection of the late Professor 

 William Kitchen Parker, F.R.S., consisting of 2265 slides, on which 

 over 50,000 specimens of recent Foraminifera are mounted. The 

 collection was the basis of the numerous papers " On the Nomenclature 

 of the Foraminifera" which Prof. Parker published in collaboration 

 with Prof. T. R. Jones and H. B. Brady in the Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 1859-1873. 



Prof. T. R. Jones, who has drawn up a manuscript catalogue of this 

 collection, has arranged the whole series in geographical groups. 



Among the samples of deep-sea soundings, which have contributed 

 to form this great collection, may be mentioned those made by Capt. 

 Dayman in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic in 1859 ; by Capt. 

 Pullen in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean in 1858 ; by Sir E. Parry in 

 Baffin's Bay, and by Dr. Sutherland in Davis Strait. The two last col- 

 lections, together with the samples obtained by Captain Dayman in the 

 North Atlantic, were described and figured in the Phil. Trans. Rov. Soc. 

 for 1865. 



