48 MUSEUMS. 



Bird's Nesl (indet.) from Batanga, W. Alrica (B. 29. 5. 1900. 1): 



presented by l>r. Newman H. J). Cox. per Mr. Ridyard. 



Tern (indet.) caughl off Assini (B. 29. 5. 1900. 5); presented by 

 Mr. A. Ridyard. 



Collection of Bird remains from the Middle Miocene, La drive, St. 

 Alban (lsei-e. France) (B. 29. 5. 1900. 12-17): purchased. 



Bird's Nest — Rook ? — (B. 25. <>. 1900. l.i: presented by Mr. G. 

 Dickinson. 



Four dissections of the wing of a bird (B. 25. 6. 1900. 2); 

 purchased. 



House Martin (Ch'-lidon urbicct (Linn.)) found dead near the 

 Wellington Monument, Liverpool (B. 26. 6. 1900. 1) ; purchased. 



Cassowary (Casuariux sp.) (B. 23. 7. 1900. 3); purchased. 



Seven Bird Skins: — *Trichofflo8sm novahoUandia, subsp. septen- 

 trionalh, Robinson, i and 2 ? ; *Dacelo gipas, subsp. minor, 

 Robinson, 8 3 : Prionodura nnctoniana, l)e Vis. 3 , from Cooktowu, 

 Queensland (B. 23. 7. 1900. 1-6) : purchased. 



Five nests of British Birds: -Green-finch, Linnet?, Chaffinch, 

 Lesser White-throat and Sky-lark from Stansfield, Suffolk (B. 27. 8. 

 1900. 1-;")) : presented by Mr. J. W. Cutmore. 



Collection of twenty-six B rd skins and one bird's nest from the 

 Sandwich (stands : — Chloridops koua, S.B.W. 2 : Loxopx aiirca, 

 Sharpe. 3 : /.. cocciiwa, Cab., J and ? ./'"'•'• Chnixomitridopa 

 caeruliroxtris, S. Wil., 3 ; Oreomym Jiammca, S. Wil., 3, ? and 

 nestling; 0. bairdi. Stejn. 3 hum.: Hiniatione chloris, Cab.. 3 \ 

 II. chloridoulcx, S.B.W., 3 \ If- montana, S.B.W.. 3 ; H. rirrns, 

 Sharpe. 3 : II. kaluana, S.B.W., 3 \ Palme ria dolii, Roths., 3 and 3 

 jnr.: Hemignathus ivihoni. (Roths.), 3 ./»'"•; U. ajfiiiis, Roths., 3 

 imm. : II. nhscurns, Peale, 2 ; //. procerus, Cab., <? and ? ; 

 Cha&iempis seiateri, Ridgw., 3 and ? : ('. gayi, S.B.W., 3 ; 

 C. sandricensis, Cab.. 3 jnr.: C. sp., ? : nest of t'haxiempix sp. 

 (B. 27. 8 1900. 6-25); presented by the Royal Society and British 

 Association Joint Committee for the Zoology of the Sandwich Islands. 

 per Prof. Newton, Cambridge. 



