]80 Letters, Extracts, Notices, S^c. 



Rothschild. An egg of the White-winged Trumpeter 

 {Psojihia leucoptera) ; pi-esented by Mr. F. E. Blaauw. Two 

 males of Anderson's Silver Pheasant {Gennaus andersoni) 

 from the Ruby Mines, Burma ; presented by Mr. E. W. 

 Oates. 41 specimens from Luzon, Philippine Islands, col- 

 lected by Mr. John Whitehead, and containing examples of 

 18 species new to the collection; purchased. A pair of the 

 Luzon Flower-pecker (Dlcceum pi/gmceum) , with nest; pre- 

 sented by Mr. John W^hitehead. A pair of Hodgson's 

 Partridge (Perdix hodgsoniee) from Thibet; presented by 

 Mr. St. George Littledale. 45 birds from Andros Island, 

 Bahamas ; presented by Mr. Neville Chamberlain. 105 

 Humming-birds from Ecuador, including examples of two 

 species new to the collection ; presented by the Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild. 18 birds from Chili, including the types of 

 Phrygilus cor acinus ; presented by Mrs. Berkeley James. A 

 collection of 420 birds from British Guiana; presented by 

 Messrs. J, J. Quelch and F. V. McConnell. Four Petrels 

 from the Kermadec Islands; presented by Professor F. W. 

 Hutton, F.R.S. 39 Australian birds in spirit; presented 

 by Mr. C. Burton.'' 



The Dohroyde Collection of Australian Birds. — The Report 

 of the Trustees of the Australian Museum, Sydney, to the 

 Legislative Assembly of New South Wales for 1896, an- 

 nounces that the Government has purchased and presented 

 to the Museum the " Dobroyde " Collection of Australian 

 Birds and Eggs formed by Messrs. Ramsay, and containing 

 many of the types described by Dr. E. P. Ramsay, the 

 well-known Australian ornithologist, lately Curator of the 

 Museum. The present Curator is Mr. R. Etheridge, Jr. 

 Mr. Alfred J. North, who is in charge of the Birds, will, 

 we trust, prepare a catalogue of the Dobroyde Collection, 

 which will be very useful to ornithologists. 



The Great Auk in Ireland. — The occurrence of the 

 remains of the Great Auk (Alca impennis) in Ireland 

 has been already recorded from specimens obtained by 



