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one new to the collection, from Barrow Island, and six eggs 

 from Freemantle, Australia, presented by Mr. B. H. Wood- 

 ward : 59 birds from Borneo, presented by Mrs. Jameson : 

 47 birds from British Central Africa, presented by Lieut.- 

 Col. Manning : 31 birds from Somaliiand, including the 

 type of Pyrrhulauda harrisom, presented by Mr. J. J. 

 Harrison : 107 birds from Queensland, presented by Mr. yi. 

 C. Robinson: 103 birds from San Paulo, S.E. Brazil, 

 presented by Sir William Ingram, Bart. : 2 Grecian Long- 

 tailed Tits {Acredula macedonica), from Greece, presented 

 by Capt. Farquhar, R.N. : 52 birds from Somaliiand, pre- 

 sented by H.H. the Gaikwar of Baroda : a nest and effffs, 

 with parent birds, of the Tawny Owl (Sijrnium aluco), from 

 Somerset, presented by Mr. C. B. Horsburgh : tlie type- 

 specimens of a new species of Babbling Thrush [Crateropus 

 hindii), from British E. Africa, presented by Dr. S. L. Hinde : 

 220 nests and eggs from Victoria, presented by the Govern- 

 ment of Victoria : 52 birds from China, presented by Mr. C. 

 W. Campbell : 54 birds from the Shan States, including the 

 types of two new species, presented by Lieut. -Col. G. Rippon: 

 76 eggs from the White Nile^ presented by Mr. R. M. 

 Hawker : 393 birds from Somaliiand and S. Abyssinia, 

 including the types of three new species, presented bv 

 Mr. Alfred E. Pease: 81 birds from Deelfontein, Cape 

 Colony, presented by Col. Sloggett : 20 birds from the 

 Orange- River Colony, presented by Capt. G. E. H. Barrett- 

 Hamilton : 26 birds from Argentina, presented by Mr. Col- 

 lingwood Ingram : 63 birds, including examples of three 

 species new to the collection and three eggs, from Shendi 

 Sudan, presented by the Hon. N. C. Rothschild and Mr. A. 

 F. R. Wollaston : 4 types of new species of birds from 

 Equatorial Africa, presented by Mr. F. J. Jackson, C.B. : 

 179 birdS;, including four types and six species new to the 

 collection, from British East Africa, presented by Sir Harry 

 Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. : 124 birds from New Zealand 

 and the adjacent islands, including the type of a new 

 Cormorant {Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi), presented by the Earl 

 of Ranfurly : a specimen of the Caroline Crake {For z ana 

 Carolina), from Tiree Island, presented by Mr. E. L. Phillips : 



