Report on the British Museum fur 1908. C93 



Pye-Smith. Type-specimens of PoUospiza mennelli and 

 Pinarurnis rhodeslce ; presented by the Trustees of tlie 

 Rhodesian Museum.. An example of Coitus kirhiji, from 

 Lydenburg, E. Transvaal (type of the species) ; purchased. 



Two hundred and forty-three birds from Paraguay; pre- 

 sented by the Hon. Wyndham Knatchbull-Hugessen. 



Examples of Paradisea minor, Cicinnurus regius, and 

 Diphyllodes hunsteini from S.E. New Guinea; presented by 

 Sir William Ingram. Niuety-four birds from New Guinea, 

 collected by Mr. Walter Goodfellow ; purchased. 



Fourteen birds from New Zealand, including the type of 

 Pseudogerijyone macleani; jn'esented by Mr. J. C. McLean. 



]n addition to the official catalogues and other volumes 

 published by the Trustees, various reports and descriptive 

 papers have been prepared by members of the B.M. staff in 

 connection with different branches of the Collections, and 

 have been published in various scientific journal-i. Those 

 referring to the Class of Birds are entitled as follows : — 



" Additional Notes on the Birds of Formosa " ; " On 

 Two supposed Hybrids between the Red Grouse and 

 Ptarmigan " ; " On a Collection of Birds made by 

 Mr. Douglas Carruthers during his journey from Uganda 

 to the mouth of the Congo " ; " Remarks on some of the 

 Birds recently described as new by Prof. Neumann " ; " On 

 two new Species of Grass-Warbler {Cisticola belli and 

 C. woosnami) from S.E. Ruwenzori " ; '*^0n a new Species 

 of Rail (^Saurothura buryi^ from Somaliland " ; " On a new 

 Species of Chat {Saxicola hawkeri) from the Sudan " ; " On 

 two new Species of Sun-bird [Cinnyris seimundi) from 

 Fernando Po and [C. batesi) from S. Cameroon " ; " On a 

 new Species of Pucras Pheasant (Pucrasia styani) from 

 Ichang, Central China"; ''Report on the Immigrations of 

 our Summer Residents in the Spring of 1907." These 

 ■were written by Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, 



" Nestling Birds and some of the Problems they Present " ; 

 " Note on the Late Nesting of the Bearded Tit " ; " The 

 Powder-down of the Heron" ; " Note on the Chiff-Chaff in 

 London " ; " The Nest of the Ringed Plover and the bearing 



