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Mr. C. W. Anderson, Government Land Department, British 

 Guiana, has presented : — 1. Ball of Native spun cotton wrapped in 

 leaf (undeterminable), spun by Wai-Woi Indians. [See Case 13, 

 Museum No. I.] II. Arrow points poisoned with Wourali 

 (Strt/chnos toxifera), used by Wai-Woi Indians, sources of 

 Essequibo River. British Guiana. [See Case 79, Museum No. L] 



Messrs. J. H. Vavasseur & Co., Ltd., 4, Lloyd 's Avenue, E.C., 

 have presented a series of samples of desiccated Cocoa-Nut. [S> 

 Museum No. II M Room \\, Table Case.] 



Lady Hindlip has presented the following specimens collected 

 by her in British Columbia : — I. Sphagnum (XctUi/olium^ Cassiar 

 district, used by Indian women for wrapping up their babies. 

 II. Dried plant of Veratrum viride from Wrangell, Alaska. 

 The root is used by the Indians for the preparation of snuff. 



Mr. W. Crosley, 65, Addison Road, W., has presented specimens 

 of the nest of a Wearer bird collected by him in the Republic of 

 Colombia. The nests are made of the leaves of a grass or sedge 

 which are indeterminable. They were accompanied by a drawing 

 by the donor, made from sketches taken on the spot, shewing the 

 situation of the nests on the somewhat bare and extended 

 branches of the taller trees. When sending the nests Mr. Crosley 

 wrote as follows : 



44 1 am afraid I can't give give you much information as to the 

 bird's habits. Its choice of a Heating place seems to be governed 

 by the consideration of isolation and freedom from possibility of 

 entanglement. A rather bare extended branch of a living tree, 

 away from creepers and parasites, so that the swinging in a high 

 wind would be harmless. 



44 I have no knowledge of any preference that they may show 

 for any particular species of tree, but 1 do seem to recollect that 

 they avoid the 'Ceiba* (which is the equivalent of the Cottonwood 

 tree of West Africa) as I never saw nests attached to that tree, 

 although it is the giant tree of th< se forests, often running up to 

 considerably over 100 feet before branching. The 'Ceiba'is 

 considered more or less poisonous by the natives, whether from 

 the dropping of the flowers and cotton, or trom the effect of the 

 roots, I don't know. Anyhow, water springing from near such 

 trees or lying around them is considered * Agua malsana. 



For the specimens see Table Case, Room VII., Museum No. II 



J. M. H. 



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Additions to the Herbarium during 1907 -Over 12,000 



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institutions, while over 7,000 sheets wore purchased. Th 

 principal collections are enumerated bel<»\v. 1 cept wnere other- 

 wise Btated or implied, the collections purchased are named, and 

 those presentt <1 are unnamed or only partially named. 



Various Parts of the World. Prm xttd .— Botanioil 



collections of the late Dr. M. T. Masters, F.R.S., presented by 



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