116 Letters, Announcements, S^c. 



Tlie nest and egg of the Snow-Bunting, and a pair of Knots^ 

 with the nesthngs, obtained by Captain Feilden in lat. 82° 33', 

 and presented by the collector. 



Forty-four specimens from Turkey, collected by Mr. W. 

 Pearce, of Constantinople ; presented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



The types of Podoces biddidphi and of Suya obscura; 

 purchased. 



Fifty-three specimens from China ; presented by the Shang- 

 hai Museum. 



Twenty-five birds from the Himalayas and North-western 

 India; collected by Captain T. Biddulph. 



The type of Oreocincla pectoralis and specimens of Centropus 

 chlororhynchus and Phodilus assimilis (species new to the 

 collection) ; presented by Captain Vincent Legge, R.A. 



A series of 144 specimens selected from the collection 

 formed by Governor Ussher in Labuan and North-west 

 Borneo, containing the types of Lobiophasis castaneicaudatus , 

 Pitta ussheri, and CypseJus labuanensis ; purchased. 



Typical examples of Corvus annectens and Polyplectron 

 schleiermacheri ; received in exchange from the Darmstadt 

 Museum. 



Two of the typical specimens of Redes jobiensis ; purchased. 



Selected series from collections made in New Guinea by 

 Mr. O. C. Stone and the late Dr. James, containing seven 

 new species. 



A typical specimen of Chatorhynchus papuensis ; presented 

 by the Dresden Museum. 



Three Cassowaries, including the types of Casuarius pidi- 

 collis and Casuarius sclateri ; purchased of the Zoological 

 Society. 



Thirty specimens of Corvidse from Australia ; presented by 

 the Trustees of the Australian Museum, Sydney. 



Fifty-two specimens from various islands of the South Seas ; 

 purchased of the Godeffroy Museum. 



The fifth portion of the collection of African birds formed 

 by, and formerly in the possession of, Mr. R. B. Sharpe; it 

 consists of 600 specimens, and contains six types and many 

 species previously not represented in the British Museum. 



