662 Letters, Extracts, Notices, ^c. 



Jackson-Harmswortli Expedition, and presented by F. G. 

 Jackson, Esq. G78 eggs of Chilian birds, bequeathed by the 

 late H. Berkeley James, Esq. 76 specimens from the Philip- 

 pine Islands, collected, by [the late] Mr. John Whitehead ; 

 purchased. 42 birds from Somaliland, including the type of 

 Vaprimulffus torridus, a new species of Nightjar; presented 

 by J. Benett-Stanford, Esq. 97 birds from N.W. Fohkien, 

 including the types of seven new species ; presented by C. B. 

 Rickett and J. D. La Touche, Esqs. A nest of Quiscalus 

 crassirostris from Jamaica ; presented by Lady Blake. A 

 pair of Glaucous Gulls [Larus glaucus) with nestlings, as 

 well as several nestlings of the Little Stint and other Arctic 

 birds; presented by H. J. Pearson, Esq. 19 birds from 

 Somaliland ; presented by C. V. A. Peel, Esq. A specimen 

 of the rare Bornean Cuckoo Falcon {Baza borneensis) from 

 Sarawak ; presen ted by Charles Hose, Esq. 25 birds from 

 St. Aignan Island, Louisiade Archipelago, including three 

 species new to tie collection; collected by Mr. A. S. Meek; 

 purchased. 164 birds from Flores, including 8 species new 

 to the collection, 86 birds from Waingapo, and 90 birds from 

 Borneo, containing many rare and unrepresented species ; 

 obtained by the late Mr, A. H. Everett ; purchased. 232 

 birds from Bering Sea; presented by G. E. H. Barrett- 

 Hamilton, Esq. A series of the Central European Nut- 

 cracker {Nucifraga relicta) from Austria; received in ex- 

 change from Victor Bitter von Tschusi zu SchmidhofFen. 

 200 specimens from Somaliland, including 7 types of new 

 species and 8 other species new to the collection ; obtained 

 by E. Lort Phillips, Esq. ; purchased. 18 birds from the 

 Chin Hills, Burma, including the type of a new Pheasant 

 [Gennceus wickhami). 44 birds, 15 nests and eggs, 13 ske- 

 letons from Christmas Island ; collected by Mr. C. W. 

 Andrews; presented by Sir John Murray, K.C.B. 443 

 specimens of birds from Canada ; received in exchange from 

 J. H. Fleming, Esq., of Toronto. 



The types of two new Pigeons [Petrophassa rufipennis 

 and Ptilopus alligator) from Alligator River, N.W. Australia ; 

 received in exchange from Professor R. Collett. 40 specimens 



