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DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



April 16, 1856. A very valuable donation of Australian Birds, Mammals, and 

 Fossils, made by the Government Museum of Natural History, at Melbourne, 

 upon the suggestion of Oliver H. Holden, Esq., of that city, formerly a resident 

 of Boston, as follows : Cindoramplius rufescens^ Rufous-tinted Cincloramphus, 

 male and female; Larus Pacifcus, Great Pacific Gull; Trkhofflussvs Swainsonii, 

 Blue Mountain Parrot, male and female; Porphyrio melanotus, Black-backed 

 Porphyrio, male and female; Casarka iadorndides, Chestnut Shieldrake, or 

 Mountain-duck, male ; Spheiiiscus minoi\ Little Penguin; Lestris cotarractes, 

 Skua Gull ; Ardea Novce HoUandke, White-fronted Heron ; Recurvirostris riibri- 

 colUs, Avocet, male and female ; Edpscdtria Ausiralis, Yellow-breasted Robin, 

 male and female; Xema Jamesonii^ Jameson's Gull; Lohivanellus lobaius, Spur- 

 winged Plover, or Alarm-bird; Hematojms longirostris, White-breasted O^-ster- 



catclier; SjJatula rkynchotis, Australian Shoveller, male; 



Little Teal; Malacorhynchus membranaceus, Pink-eyed Shoveller; Spatida rhyn- 

 cJiotls, Shoveller, female; Schoenidus magnus, Great Sandpiper; Anas lyunctata, 

 Chestnut-breasted Duck; Pe<;wa ?»wftico^or. Scarlet-breasted Robin, male and 

 female ; Hhnaniopus kucocejylialus, White-headed Stilt ; Jeracidea berigora, 

 Brown or Eastern Coast HaAvk; Bernida jubata, Wood Duck, male and female; 

 Nydicovax Caledonicus, Nankeen Bird; Biziura lobata^ ]\Iusk Duck, male and 

 female; Anas superdliosa, Aixstralian Wild Duck; Athene (f) connivens, Winking 

 Owl; Cuculus inornatus, Unadorned Cuckoo ; Rallus pedorcdis, Cuv., Pectoral 



Land Rail; , Little Scrub Pigeon; Peristera cJicd- 



coptera, Bronze-winged Pigeon ; Cacatua galerita, White Cockatoo ; Dacelo 

 gigantea, Laughing Jackass; Gymnor-hina leuconota, White-backed Magpie; Strix 

 ddicatulus, Delicate Owl; Eemipodius varius^ Painted Quail, male and female; 

 Cygnus atratus, Black Swan, 2; Sdiosnidus Australis, Australian Tringa; En- 

 tomyza cyanotis^ Blue-faced Entomyza; Colluridnda harmonica^ Harmonious 

 CoUuricincla, female; Phcdacrocorax carbo'ides, Common Cormorant; Cthonicola 

 minima, Little Cthonicola; Myzandia garrula, Miner; Euphenia aurantia, Orange- 

 bellied Grass-Parrakeet ; Acantliogenys rufoyularis, Spiny-cheeked Honey-Eater; 

 Tropidorhyndius cornicidaiiis, Friar Bird; Rallus Lewinii, Lewin's Water-Rail; 

 Platycercus Pennaniii, Lory; Anthochoera carimculata, Common Wattle-bird; 

 Amadina Lathamii, Spotted-sided Finch; Cthonicola minima, Little Cthonicola, 2; 

 Tridioglossus condnnus, Red-eared Lorikeet (?); Ptilonorhyndius' holosericus, 

 Satin Bower-Bird, female; Platycercus eximius, Rosella Parrot ; Pachycephala 

 pectoralis, Banded Thickhead, female; Graucalus mentalis, Summer Bird, male; 

 Alcyone azurea, Azure Kingfisher: Euphema jyulchella, Chestnut-shouldered Grass- 

 Parrakeet, female; Pomatorhinus temporalis, Temporal Pomatorhinus; Pachy- 

 cejjhala glaucura, Grey-tailed Pachycephala; Petroica phoenicea, Flame-breasted 

 Robin, female; Gymnorhina organica, Grey-backed Magpie; Seisura inquieta, 

 Razor-Grinder; Cysticola isura, Square-tailed Warbler; Cindosoma 2>unciaium, 

 Spotted Ground-Thrush, female; Artamus sordidus, Common Wood-Swallow; 

 Cindosoma punctatum. Spotted Ground-Thrush; Sericornis citreogidaris, Yellow- 

 throated Sericornis; Pachycephala glaucura, Grej'-tailed Pachycephala, male; 

 P t Hot is fuscus, Fuscous Honey-Eater; Cucuhts insperatus,'Bi-ush Cuckoo; Crac- 

 iicus destructor, Butcher Bird; CoUuricincla hai^monica, Harmonious CoUuricincla; 

 Collocalia arborea, Tree Martin ; Petroica jyhosnicea, Flame-breasted Robin ; 



