On Additions to the British Museum. 323 



146. Erythra phcenicura. 



Rallus phmnicurus, Forster^ Zool. Ind. p. 19, t. 9, "Ceylon^^ 



(1781). 



i^) Rallus sumatranus, Raffles, t. c. p. 328, "Sumatra" 

 (1821). 



147. BUTORIDES JAVANICA. 



Ardeajavanica, Horsf. t. c. p. 190, "Java" (1820) ; Raffles, 

 /. c. p. 326, " Sumatra.'' 



148. Ardea purpurea. 



Ardea purpurea, Linn. S. N. i. p. 236 (1766). 



149. Demiegretta sacra. 



Ardea sacra, Gm. S. N. i. p. 640 (1788). 



150. Sterna media. 



' Sterna media, Horsf. I.e. p. 198, "Java" (1820); Saun- 

 ders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 655. 



151. Sterna bergii. 



Sterna bergii, Lichtenst. Verzeich. p. 80, " South Africa " 

 (1823); Saunders, t.c. p. 657. 



I am indebted to Mr. Saunders for the identification of 

 these two Terns. 



XXV. — Report on the Additions to the Collection of Birds in 

 the British Museum in 1875^. 



With the exception of the year 1874, in which Mr. Wallace's 

 collection was purchased by the Trustees, the last year shows 

 a greater increase in this branch of the department than any 

 of the preceding years, the total number of acquisitions 

 amounting to 4277 specimens, among which were 152 species 



* Extracted from a Return to an Order of the Honourable The House 

 of Commons, dated G April 1877 ; — for an Account ^' of the Income and 

 Expenditure of the British Museum (Special Trust Funds), for the Finan- 

 cial Year ended the 31st day of March 1877; and a Return of the Num- 

 ber of Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each Year from 1871 to 

 1876, both years inclusive ; together with a Statement of the Progress 

 made in the Arrangement of the Collections; and an Account of Objects 

 added to them in the year 1876." 



