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Nilgliiri Hills ; presented by W. Ruxton Davison, Esq. 

 Twenty-seven birds from Bourou and Amboyna, including 

 four species new to the collection, as well as the types of 

 Myzomela wakoloensis ; collected by Mr. H. O. Forbes; 

 purchased. Four hundred and twenty-six specimens pre- 

 sented by the executors of the late W. A. Forbes, Esq., in 

 accordance with his request — this collection consisting of 

 skins obtained by Mr. Forbes on the Niger, and his private 

 collection of Finches and Cuckoos. One hundred and twenty- 

 eight specimens from the Niam-Niam Country, Central 

 Africa, collected by Hr. F. Bohndorff, containing six species 

 new to science and ten new to the collection ; purchased. 

 Sixty-four specimens from the Zambesi, including a specimen 

 of Psalidoprocne antino7'ii ; presented by Sir John Kirk, 

 K.C.M.G. Nineteen specimens from Ashantee, including 

 the type of Laniarius laydeni ; presented by Godfrey Lagden, 

 Esq. The type of Gecinus iveberi, and examples of two rare 

 Plantain-eaters [Schizorhis teopoldi and Corythaix fischei'i) ; 

 purchased. Eight specimens from Aden ; presented by Major 

 Yerbury, R.A. Three rare Warblers from Jamaica, one 

 [Helminthotherus sivainsoni) being new to the collection ; 

 presented by Edward Newton, Esq., C.M.G. Twelve speci- 

 mens from the Solomon Islands, of which six belong to 

 species not before represented in the Museum; purchased. 



The Hume Collection of Indian Birds. — Mr. R. Bowdler 

 Sharpe, whose departure was announced in our last Number, 

 has returned to London, after having packed and despatched 

 from Simla the whole of the large collections presented to 

 the British nation by Mr. A. O. Hume, C.B. Ornithologists 

 are considerably indebted to Mr. Sharpe for disregarding 

 his personal convenience and undertaking a journey to India 

 in the hot season, for the purpose of packing the collection 

 and shipping it to England before the rains commenced. 

 Mr. Hume^s many engagements had prevented him from 

 personally superintending the packing of the cases, and the 

 time which had elapsed (nearly two years) since the collec- 

 tion was oflered to the British Museum had naturally ex- 



