Birds. 250 



1874. 



1227 specimens presented; 1084 purchased; 325 received in 

 I'xchange. Total, 2636. 



The most important accessions were : — 



683 birds from various localities. Presented by Dr. Bowdler 

 Sharpe. 



321 specimens from Baluchistan and Persia, collected by Dr. 

 W. T. Blanford. Presented by the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



603 specimens of African birds. Purchased. 



These were the first and second instalments of my collection of 

 African birds, which I had to dispose of on entering the Govern- 

 ment service, no officer of the British Museum being allowed to 

 keep a private collection of the group of animals of which he is 

 in charge in the Museum. 



99 birds from Sweden, collected by Mr. Meves. Purchased. 



35 specimens of Accipitresirom. the collection of Consul Robert 

 Swinhoe. Purchased. 



1 1 birds from Zambesia. Presented by Sir John Kirk. 



59 birds from Peru and Siberia. Received in exchange from 

 the Warsaw Museum. 



25 birds from Egypt and the Egyptian Sudan. Presented by 

 Sir Samuel Baker. 



The types of a new species of Raven from Morocco (Corvus 

 tingitanus, Irby). Presented by Colonel L. H. Irby. 



45 birds from the Cape Verde Islands, Gaboon, and Sene- 

 gambia. Purchased of Mr. A. Bouvier. 



62 specimens in spirits from Gaboon. Presented by H. T. 

 Ansell, Esq. 



1875. 



Specimens presented, 908; purchased, 1194. Total, 2102. 



440 birds from various localities. Presented by Dr. Bowdler 

 Sharpe. 



156 birds from Kamptee, Central India. Presented by Dr. 

 R. B. Hinde. 



81 birds from New Zealand. Received in exchange from the 

 Colonial Museum, Wellington. 



180 birds from the Transvaal and Orange River Colony. 

 Collected by F. A. Barratt, Esq. 



591 African birds from Dr. Bowdler Sharpe's collection. 

 Purchased. 



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