470 Letters, Announcements, &;c. 



Additions to the Collection of Birds in the British Museum 

 of Natural History in 1883. — The total number of accessions 

 during the year 1883 was 992 ; 69 of them were of species 

 new to the collection, and 27 were types. The following were 

 the most valuable acquisitions : — 



Additions to the groups of British Birds were made by 

 Lord Walsingham, viz. Missel- Thrush, Water-Ouzel, Green 

 and Golden Plovers, Dabchick ; and by Duncan Parker, Esq., 

 two nests of the Red-backed Shrike, with old, young, and eggs. 



Twenty-four birds from Brighton ; presented by R. B. 

 Sharpe, Esq. 



A specimen of the Tawny Pipit [Anthus campestris) , caught 

 at Brighton in October 1882; presented by Messrs. G. 

 Swaysland and Sons. 



Seventy-four specimens of Wading-hirds, amongst which 

 were three Sabine's Snipes and many other British- killed 

 Limicolje, from the collection of J. E. Harting, Esq., F.L.S. 



Forty birds from Japan ; purchased. 



Forty-four birds from the Caucasus, Central Asia, and 

 Siberia, including Tetraogallus caucasicus, Phasianus chyso-^ 

 melas, and many other species new to the collection ; 

 purchased. 



Twenty-three birds from Florida ; presented by Walter 

 Dismore, Esq. 



Twenty-three skins from the Gold Coast; presented by 

 Captain Moloney. 



Thirty skins collected by Captain C. T. Bingham in the 

 Thoungyun Valley, Tenasserim, comprising many species 

 new to the collection, such as Anthocincla phayrii, Gampso- 

 rhynchus torquatus, Pomatorhinus tickelli, &c. ; purchased. 



Eleven specimens of Hornbills and Raptorial Birds from 

 Sumatra; collected by Mr. H. O. Forbes, and presented by 

 Francis Nicholson, Esq. 



Forty skins of Birds from the Nilghiris and the Brahma- 

 gherry Hills ; presented by W. Davison, Esq. 



Seventy-seven specimens from the Lawas River and from 

 Kina Balu, in Borneo, and from the Sooloo Islands, collected 

 by Mr. F. W. Burbidge, and containing the types of Tany- 



