324 On the Additions of Birds to the British Museum. 



new to the collection and 47 typical specimens. The follow- 

 ing may be specially mentioned : — 



The collection of Corvidse made by John Gould, Esq., and 

 consisting of 100 specimens, amongst them the types of seven 

 species described by that ornithologist. 



A series of Cormorants from the Cornish coast ; presented 

 Dr. Giinther. 



Two hundred and ninety-nine specimens, obtained by the 

 North- American Boundary Commission in the vicinity of the 

 49th parallel. 



A series of 110 skins, nests, eggs, and skeletons, selected 

 from the collection made by Messrs. Slater and Gulliver, 

 Naturalists of the ''Transit-of-A^enus ^' Expedition, in Rodri- 

 guez. 



The fourth portion of the collection of African Birds formed 

 by, and formerly in the possession of, 11. B. Sharpe, Esq. ; 

 it consists of 750 specimens, and contains 12 types, and 56 

 species previously not represented in the British Museum. 



A collection from the Transvaal ; presented by J. H. 

 Gurney, Esq., and including specimens of Turdus gurneyi. 



Seven specimens from the Victoria Falls, amongst them 

 the types of a new genus {Pinarornis) and Saxicola shelleyi ; 

 purchased. 



The type of Bradyornis woodwardi, from Natal ; presented 

 by J. D. S. Woodward, Esq. 



The type of Dromaocercus brunneus, from Madagascar; 

 presented by Algernon Peckover, Esq. 



A selected series of 136 skins and eggs, from the collection 

 made by the Rev. A. E. Eaton, Naturalist to the " Transit-of- 

 Venus " Expedition, in Kerguelen Land. 



A most valuable collection of 1303 specimens from North- 

 ern Bengal, North-western India, Burma, and Malacca ; pre- 

 sented by Captain Stackhouse Pin will. 



Ten specimens from Burma, new to the collection ; pre- 

 sented by the Marquis of Tweeddale, F.R.S. 



A series of 200 specimens selected from the collections 

 made by Dr. J. Anderson during the expedition to Yunnan. 



