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He has also written a paper on a large collection of birds 

 formed by Mr. G. W. Bury in N.E. Somaliland. 



Good additions have been made to the osteological series, 

 and among them many preparations of the skulls of nest- 

 ling birds. Much curatorial work has also been necessary 

 in this part of the collection. The arrangement of the 

 specimens in spirit is unsatisfactory, owing to the lack of 

 adequate space for storing them. 



The accessions to the Bird-collection during the past year 

 were 4430 in number. Of these, the most noteworthy were 

 as follows : — 



One hundred and eighty birds from Cyprus (collected by 

 Mr. C. B. Horsbrugh) ; obtained by purchase. Thirty-six 

 birds and fifteen eggs from Corsica ; collected and presented 

 by Major Trevelyan. Five hundred and twenty-three birds 

 from Turkestan (collected by Mr. Douglas Carruthers) ; pur- 

 chased. Sixty-six birds and thirty-six skeletons from Asia 

 Minor (collected by M. A. Robert) ; purchased. Four 

 hundred and ninety birds from Manchuria ; purchased. 

 Twenty-two birds from the Philippine Islands, including 

 examples of ten species new to the Collection ; purchased. 

 Fifty-two birds from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean (col- 

 lected by Dr. C. W. Andrews) ; presented by Sir John Murray, 

 K.C.B., F.R.S. Thirty-eight birds from Central Formosa, 

 including a male example of the very rare Pheasant Calo- 

 phasis mikado, collected by Dr. A. Moltrecht; purchased. 

 One hundred and nine birds from the Five-finger Mountains, 

 Hainan (including the types of Pitta douglasi and Tephro- 

 dornis hainanus) ; collected and presented by Mr. Robert 

 Douglas. Two hundred and thirty-four birds from Travan- 

 core, collected and presented by Surgeon-Major W. Fry. 

 Fourteen birds and one hundi'ed and thirty-nine eggs from 

 the Andaman Islands (collected by Mr. B. B. Osmaston) ; 

 purchased. Five hundred birds from Angola (collected by 

 Dr.W. J. Ansorge); purchased. One hundred and twelve birds 

 from Cameroon (collected by Mr. G. L. Bates) ; purchased. 

 Fifty-two birds, one nest, and four eggs from the Orange 

 River Colony ; presented by Mr. Donald Gunn. Seven 



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