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hundred and twenty-five birds from N.W. Rhodesia, including 

 the type of Paludipasser locustella, a new genus and species, 

 discovered by Mr. Sheffield A. Neave ; purchased. Fourteen 

 birds from South America, including examples of ten species 

 new to the Collection ; presented by the Director of the 

 Goeldi Museum, Para. Seventy-five birds from Venezuela 

 (collected by Mr. J. Wayman); purchased. The type of 

 Troglodytes cobbi, two nests, and thirty-four eggs from the 

 Falkland Islands ; collected and presented by Mr. A. F. Cobb. 

 Thirty birds from South America; presented by Lady Gipps. 

 Sixty birds from Australia ; presented by Lady Gipps. One 

 hundred and thirty-nine eggs and two nests from Australia 

 (collected by Mr. T. Carter) ; purchased. One hundred and 

 twenty birds from Bougainville Island and New Guinea 

 (collected by Mr. A. S. Meek); purchased. Forty-nine 

 birds from New Zealand (collected by Mr. Robin Kemp) ; 

 purchased. 



XXXIV. — Boyd Alexander and his Ornithological Work. 

 By W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



(Flate XII.) 



The news of the tragic fate of Boyd Alexander, which 

 reached London on the 21th of May, must have caused 

 profound regret over the whole civilised world, as he was 

 well known through his achievements both as a daring 

 traveller and an accomplished writer. By none, however, 

 will his loss be more deeply and truly mourned than by 

 the British Ornithologists' Union, of which he was a 

 distinguished and highly popular member. His charming 

 personality and his character, so delightfully simple and 

 so extraordinarily brave, endeared him to all who knew 

 him, and his useful and valuable life could ill be spared. 

 The first report of his death contained few details, but the 

 new r s having come through official sources left no room 

 for doubt that he had met with a violent end on the 2nd 

 of April, while travelling on the confines of Wadai to the 



