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Africa^ including the types of two new species {Cisticola 

 hindii and Serinus fagani) ; presented by Dr. Hinde. 21 

 specimens of birds from Matabeleland ; presented by Mr. F. 

 C. Selous, A rare Pigeon Qiaplopelia principalis) from 

 West Africa, new to the collection, presented by the Com- 

 mittee of the Owens College, Manchester. 35 birds from 

 Mashonaland; presented by Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall. 96 

 birds from Somaliland ; purchased. The Steere collection 

 of Philippine birds, being the series of skins obtained by 

 Professor J. B. Steere during his expedition to the Philip- 

 pine Archipelago : this collection, numbering 1640 speci- 

 mens, containing 44 types, and examples of 15 species new 

 to the collection, M^as purchased. A young Blights Whistling 

 Thrush [Myiophonus blighi), with the nest and eggs, from 

 Ceylon; presented by Mr. E. W. Antram. Two small col- 

 lections of birds from the mountains of South-eastern New 

 Guinea, containing examples of Paradisornis rudolphi and of 

 other species new to the collection, and including the types 

 of Oreopsittacus grandis and Melipotes atriceps ; purchased. 

 17 birds from Persia; presented by Mr. F. Gillett. A pair 

 of Sitta magna, the Great Nuthatch of Burma; presented 

 by Major Rippon. 32 birds from the Celebean Archipelago, 

 containing examples of 11 species new to the collection; 

 purchased. 11 Birds of Paradise from Mount Victoria, 

 British New Guinea ; purchased. An e^^ of the Ked- 

 breasted Goose {Bernicla ruficollis) from the Yenisei River ; 

 presented by Mr. H. L. Pophara. Nests and parent-birds of 

 a Sun-bird {^thopyga magnifica) and of a Flower-pecker 

 (Dicaum hcematostictum) from the Island of Negros ; pre- 

 sented by Mr. John Whitehead. Immature specimens of 

 Arhoricula erythrophrys and Hmnatortyx sanguiniceps from 

 Kina Balu ; presented by Mr. A. H. Everett. 72 birds from 

 Borneo and Celebes, collected by Mr. A. H. Everett, and 

 comprising examples of 6 species new to the collection ; 

 purchased. A pair of Alcippe davidi from Ichang, China; 

 presented by Mr. F. W. Styan. 49 specimens from the 

 Marianne Islands, including examples of 9 species new to 

 the collection ; received in exchange from the Hon. Walter 



