Report on the British Museum for 1908. 691 



jrrceu, inner edges of remiges pale fuscous. " Iris grey." 

 Bill and feet black (in skin). Wing 75, culmen 10, tail 39, 

 tarsus 19 mm. 



The single specimen was obtained fifty miles west of 

 Russisi, north of Lake Tanganyika, in November 1908, by 

 Mr. Rudolf Grauer. It was found in bamboo-forest, about 

 2000 m. above the sea. 



Type : No. 3956, in the Tring Museum, Grauer Collection. 



XXXYL—The Report on the British Museum for 1908. 



The Annual Report on the British Museum for 1908, 

 presented to Parliament by the Trustees, contains much 

 interesting information concerning the National Collection 

 of Birds at South Kensington, from which we extract the 

 following passages : — 



The Birds in the British Saloon have been re-arranged, 

 and the old and faded specimens have been almost entirely 

 replaced by new examples. One hundred and fifty-nine of 

 these have been beautifully mounted and generously pre- 

 sented by Mr. Rowland Ward. Cases containing specimens 

 of the Coal-Tit aud Buftbn's Skua have been added. 



Some valuable additions have been made to the collection 

 of skeletons and of birds in spirit ; and among these, special 

 mention may be made of the gifts of Birds-of-Paradise from 

 Sir William Ingram, and of nestling Pelicans from Captain 

 Stanley Flower, Director of the Zoological Gardens, Cairo. 



The arrangement of the Passerine skeletons is now 

 completed. Much curatorial work has been done to keep 

 these collections in order, but the specimens in spirit are 

 almost inaccessible owing to the want of suitable storage ; 

 while in regard to the skeleton-collection a very large 

 number of old skeletons need to be replaced by new and 

 properly prepared specimens. 



A series of preparations illustrating the Classification of 



