20 MUSEUMS. 



Californian Quail (Lophortyx californicns) (B. 8. 10. 1903. l)from 

 the Aviary, Sefton Park ; presented by the Parks and Gardens 

 Committee. 



Blue Tit (Pants ccentteus) (B. 20. 10. 1903. 1) from Fazackerley, 

 Liverpool; purchased. 



Eleven Bird Skins, viz., Lycocorax obiense, Dicnmis dohertiyi, 

 Pachycephala obiensis (2), Muscicapicula supererythra, var. pallidi- 

 pectus, Hhipidura obiense, Piezorhynchus diadematus, Edolioaoma 

 obiense, Tanysyptera obiense, Lorvus ftavopalliatus, and Tanygnathus 

 megalorhynchus (B. 2. 11. 1903. 1-10) from Obi, Molucca Islands; 

 received in exchange. 



Cat Bird (CElnrcedus) ? and Bird of Paradise (Prionodura new- 

 toniana) ? (B. 26. 11. 1903. 1 and 2) ; purchased. 



Osprey (Pandion halicetas) (B. 27. 11. 1903. 1) ; purchased. 



Mammals. 



Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) (A. 10. 1.1903. 1), from Dundee; 

 purchased. 



Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) (A. 9. 2. 1903. 1), from 

 Suffolk ; purchased. 



Whiskered Bat (Myotis mystadnus) (A. 5. 3. 1903), from Somerset; 

 purchased. 



Two Hares, from Perth and Yorkshire (A. 6. 3. 1903. 1 and 2) ; 

 purchased. 



Common Shrew (Sorex vulgaris) (A. 7. 3. 1903. 1); purchased. 



Whiskered Bat {Myotis mystacinus) (A. 9. 3. 1903. 1), from Alderley 

 Edge, Cheshire; presented by Chas. Oldham, Knutsford. 



Two Long-eared Bats (Plecotus auritus) (A. 10.3. 1903. 1) ; purchased. 



Skin and Skeleton of Giraffe (Giraffe camelopardalis) (A. 21. 3. 1903 

 1) : purchased. 



