Ornithological Acquisitions of the British Museum. 329 



Thirty- four Flycatchers from the Malayan archipelago and 

 New Guinea, representing seventeen species previously desi- 

 derata to the collection ; presented by the Leyden INIuseum. 



Eleven Flycatchers and Cuckoo Shrikes obtained by Dr. 

 A. B. Meyer during his travels in the Moluccas and New- 

 Guinea ; purchased. 



A series of the Hornbills of the Lawas River, N.W. Borneo; 

 collected by H.E. Governor Ussher, C.M.G. 



Seventy-five specimens from Sarawak, collected by Mr. H. 

 Everett, among them the type of Ixklia paroticalis ; pur- 

 chased. 



Forty-seven specimens from the Arfak Mountains, N.W. 

 New Guinea, collected by M. Leon Laglaize; among them 

 thirteen specimens new to the collection ; purchased. 



Specimens of a race of the Domestic Fowl from the Fiji 

 Islands, which had reverted to the wild state ; presented by 

 E. L. Layard, Esq., C.M.G. 



Thirty-eight specimens from the Pelew Islands, among 

 them 12 species new to the collection ; purchased. 



Fourteen Flycatchers from various South- Sea Islands, new 

 to the collection ; purchased of the Godeffroy Museum. 



The collection of birds and their eggs made by the Rev. S. 

 J. Whitmee in the Samoa, EUice, Fiji, and Loyalty Islands; 

 purchased. 



Eight specimens from the Azores, representing four species 

 new to the collection; presented by F. Du Cane Godman, Esq. 



The remainder of the collection of African birds formed 

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

 it consists of 900 specimens ; purchased. 



A selected series from the collections made by Dr. Lucan 

 and M. Petit in the Congo district, and containing six new 

 species; purchased. 



Two specimens of a Plumed Guinea-fowl [Numida eduardi) , 

 from the coast of Mozambique ; presented by Lord Lilford. 



A second consignment of the birds of Uruguay, consisting 

 of 108 specimens ; sent by A. Peel, Esq. ; purchased. 



Another consignment of the birds of Medellin, U. S. of 

 Colombia, consisting of fifty specimens, sent by Mr. Salmon; 

 purchased. 



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