608 The Report on the 



Major H. Jones, to whom the members of the 'Ibis* are 

 indebted for the beautifully executed water-colour drawing 

 of this species (PL XIII.), which has been carefully copied 

 by Mr. Gronvold. We have also to thank Major Jones for 

 a drawing of the foot, which is here reproduced (text-fig. 6). 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 



PLA.TE Xll. 

 Fig. 1. Sufhnra mori-isoniana, p. 604. From the typical specimen pro- 

 cured by Mr. Goodfellow. 

 2. Actinodura morrisoniana, p. 604. From Dr. Moltreclit's male 

 specimen. 



Plate XIIL 

 Calophasis mikado, c? et § . 

 Drawn by Major Jones and put on stone by Mr. Gronvold from 

 specimens in Mr. Rothschild's collection. 



XXXI. — The Report on the British Museum for 1907. 



The Annual Report to Parliament on the British Museum, 

 which has been lately issued, contains a statement of the 

 progress made in the year 1907 in the arrangement and 

 description of the collections and an account of the objects 

 added to them, from which we extract the following 

 particulars, referring to the National Collection of Birds. 



Progress has been made with the work in the Gallery; 

 the British Birds in the Pavilion have now been mostly 

 remounted or renewed, and will shortly be completely 

 arranged. 



Cases containing the bower of the Gardener Bower- Bird 

 {Amblyornis subalaris) and a nesting-group of Buffon's Skua 

 {Stercorarius parasiticus) have been added. 



The Catalogue of the Eggs, vol. v., has been continued 

 to the end of the Frinqillida , and vol. v. of the ' Hand-list 

 of Birds ' is approaching completion. 



A considerable number of skeletons has been added to 

 the Avian Osteological series — partly by the incorporation 

 of the Robert Collection, and partly by preparations made 

 from specimens in the spirit collectioD, preserved for 

 that purpose. In addition much curatorial work has been 



