Desiderata._ 
Specimens of the following species of Birds are desiderata in 
- this Museum. Museums or individuals having examples to dis- 
pose of, by exchange or otherwise, are requested to communicate 
with the Director. 
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Ibis abbotti, Ridgw.; Graptocephalus davisoni (Hume); Thaumatibis 
gigantea (Oust.); Plegadis ridgwayi (Allen) ; P. humeralis (De Vis); Ardea 
wurdemanni, Baird; A. wardi, Ridgu.; A. occidentalis, Aud.; A. insignis, 
Hume ; A. humboldti, Milne Edw. & Grand. ; Notophoyx aruensis (G.2.G7.) ; 
i Nycticorax crassirostris, Vig.; Cancroma zeledoni, Ridgw.; Butorides brev- 
ipes (Hempr. & Ehrenb.); B. robinsoni, Ridgw.; B. spodiogaster, Sharpe ; 
B. anthonyi (Mearns) ; Tigrisoma, all species except T. lineata, Bodd. ; Ardetta 
erythromelas (Vieill.); A. pusilla (Vieill.); Dupetor nesophilus (Sharpe) ; 
Erythrophoyx woodfordi (Grant); E. preetermissa (Sharpe); Botaurus pin- 
natus (Licht.); Ciconia boyciana, Swinh. ; Pseudotantalus cinereus (Raffles) ; 
-Phalacrocorax perspicillatus, Pail. ; P. bicristatus, Pall.; P. desmaresti, Payr. ; 
P. auritus (Less.); P. cincinnatus, Brandt.; P. neglectus (Wahl.); P. fuscicollis, 
Steph.; P. carunculatus (Gm.); P. stewarti, Grant; P. verrucosus.(Cab.) ; 
P. gouldi (Salvad.); Phzethon indicus, Hume; Colymbus pacificus, Lawr. ; 
C. adamsi, G.2.Gr.; Podicipes albescens, Mand.; P. pelzelni, Haril. ; 
P. juninensis, Berlepsch d& Stolzm. ; P. taczanowskii, Berlepsch & Stolzm. ; Pygo- 
scelis papua (Forst.); P. antarctica (Forst.); Sphenocercus sororius, Swinh. ; 
S. formose (Swinh.); Vinago crassirostris (Fraser); Treron nasica, Schleg. ; 
Osmotreron wallacei pallidior, Hart. ; O. everetti, Rothsch. ; O. aromatica, Gm. ; 
_ Ptilonopus fischeri, Briigg.; P. meridionalis, Meyer & Wiglesw. ; P. marchei, 
-  Oust.; P. dohertyi, Rothsch.; P. albocinctus baliensis, Hart.; P. everetti, 
_ Rothsch.; P. lettiensis, Schleg.; P. alligator, Collett; P. subgularis, Meyer & 
Wiglesw.; P. mangoliensis, Rothsch.; P. ponapensis, Finsch; P. hernsheimi, 
| Finsch ; P. smithsonianus, Salvad.; P. mercieri (Des Murs & Prevost); P. hut- 
toni, Finsch; P. huonensis, Meyer; P. quadrigeminus, Meyer; P. geminus, 
. - Salvad. 3 P. jobiensis, Schleg.; P. biroi, Mad.; P.-ornatus, Rosenb. ; P. gestroi, 
_ DAlb. & Salvad.; P. plumbeicollis, Meyer; P. miqueli, Rosenb.; P. bellus 
; 4 orientalis, De Vis; P. johannis, Sclat.; P. bangueyensis, Meyer; P. nanus 
_ (Lemm.); P. pectoralis, Wagl.; P. granulifrons, Hart.; P. lewisi vicinus, 
Hut. 3 Alectreenas nitidissima (Scop.) ; all species of Megaloprepia. 
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