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84 birds from Bushire, S. Persia. Presented by A. J. V. 

 Palmer, Esq. 



230 birds from Afghanistan, collected by Dr. Aitchison. 

 Presented by the Afghan Delimitation Commission. 



45 birds from S. Manchuria. Presented by Sir Evan James. 



33 biz-ds from the mountains of Perak. Presented by L. 

 Wray, Esq., juu. 



1073 birds from Yucatan and the adjacent islands, collected by 

 Dr. G. P. Ganmer, and presented by Osbert Salvin, Esq., F.R.8., 

 and Dr. F. Du Cane Godman, F.R.8. (thirteenth instalment). 



1887. 



Specimens presented, 25,206 ; jjurchased, 703 ; received in 

 exchange, 60. Total, 25,969. 



The year 1887 was memorable for the presentation by Colonel 

 R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay of the splendid collection of Asiatic 

 birds bequeathed to him by his uncle, the 9th Marquess of 

 Tweeddale. 



Other notable additions were : — 



24 birds from the Solomon Islands, including the types of 3 

 species. Presented by Dr. P. L. Sclater. 



35 birds from the Solomon Islands, including 8 species new to 

 the Museum and the type of Macrocorax woodfordi, collected by 

 C. M. Woodford, Esq. 



241 birds from various localities. Presented by Dr. Rowdier 

 Sharpe. 



75 birds from S.E. New Guinea, collected by the Hon. 

 Hugh Romilly. Presented by the Exhibition Commissioners of 

 Queensland. 



35 birds from the mountains of Camaroons, W. Africa, 

 collected by Sir Harry Johnston, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. Presented 

 by the British Association. 



82 birds from California and Arizona. Presented by G. Frean 

 Morcom, Esq. 



23 birds from China, including types of two species described 

 by the donor. Presented by F. W. Styan, Esq. 



485 Humming Birds, being the ninth instalment of the Sclater 

 collection. 



19 birds from the mountains of Perak in the Malay Peninsula. 

 Presented by L. Wray, Esq., jun. 



192 birds from Derby, N.W. Australia. Presented by Captain 

 Bowyer-Bower. Collected by his son, the late T. H. Bowyer- 

 Bower, Esq. 



