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A collection of fifty-seven Birds, mostly as skins from Arabia: — 

 Mrlirni.r polyzonux (Riipp.) : LophorerOs nasutus (Linn.), $; Anthus 

 tririulis (Linn): Me raps ci/a nophrys (Cab. & Heine). 3<? , 2 ? and 2 

 not sexed; Vpupn epops, Linn.,<?; Caprimtdgus inornatus, Heugl : 

 Cereotriehas melanoptera (H. & E.) 2 S '. and 8 not sexed; Erythacus 

 golzii '(Cab.) 'it?; Anion familiar is (Menter.) <? %> ? and 1 not sexed: 

 Saxicola isabellina (Cretzschm.); Cisticnla cistieola (Temm.) ; THn- 

 goides hypoleueiis (Linn.) ? : one Hawk, three Bee-eaters, two King- 

 fishers, and twenty-seven other specimens, all indet. (B. 27. 8. 1900. 

 26-54) : purchased. 



Right Tibio-tarsus of Moa (indet.) from Waikari, Canterbury, New 

 Zealand (B. 24. 9. 1900. 1): purchased. 



Bird {indet.) from Ukaka, Eloby, W. Africa (B. 24. 9. 1900. 2) ; 

 presented by Mr. W. G. Stokes, per Mr. Ridyard. 



Two Bird skins: — -Ptilorhis victoria, Gould, $, and Mluroedus 

 maculosus, Ramsay, ? , from N. Queensland (B. 17. 12. 1900. 1 and 2) ; 

 presented by Mr. H. C. Robinson. 



Dabchick (Trachycolaptesfluviatilis), ? , from Meols, Cheshire (B. 17. 

 12. 1900. 3); presented by Mr. J. Silcock, per Mr. H. Moore. 



Scoter-duck {(Edemia nigra, Flem.), $ , from the West of Ireland 

 (B. 17. 12. 1900. 4): purchased. 



Great Shear-water (Puffinus major, Fab.), ? . from the Atlantic (B. 

 17. 12. 1900. 5); purchased. 



Sixteen Bird skins: — Scissirostrnm dvbium, Lafr., 1 not sexed, from 

 Celebes: Xanthohema sp. 3 , from Ceylon; Siva strigida, Hodgs., 1 not 

 sexed from Sikkim; Myiobius ncerim, 3 , from Roraima: Oxypogon 

 gueriui (Boiss.), $ , from New Granada; one Cyanocorax sp. and ten 

 other specimens, all indet. (B. 17. 12. 1900. (5-19): purchased. 



Collection of Birds' Eggs, chiefly Australian, comprising one 

 hundred and thirty-nine species (B. 31. 12. 1900. 1-139) ; purchased. 



Collection of Birds from Sokotra, containing about 200 specimens, 

 representing 40 species, of which the following are new to science : — 



Passer hemileueus, Grant and Forbes : * FHngillaria insularis. Grant 

 and Forbes: *F. socotrana, Grant and Forbes; *Scops socotranut, 

 Grant and Forbes, and *Phalaerocorax nigrogularis, Grant and Forbes 



