Birds. 275 



289 specimens of Herons (Ardeiformes) and Limicoline birds 

 {Charadriiformes). Presented by Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



54 birds from Suakin. Presented by Surgeon-Major R. H. 

 Penton. 



83 birds from Mt. Kalulong and the Baram district of Sara- 

 wak. Presented by Dr. Charles Hose. 



A third instalment of 8273 eggs was presented by Mr. 

 Henry Seebohm, making, with those previously given by him, a 

 donation of 16,290 specimens. 



109 eggs of Australian birds from Gippsland, Victoria. Pre- 

 sented by Judge Philbrick, K.C. 



229 birds from various parts of Australia. Presented by 

 Lord Leigh. 



Specimens of Tetraophasis szechenyi, from Tibet, and Grus 

 nigricollis, from Mongolia, both species new to the Museum col- 

 lection. Presented by Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



32 birds from Mt. Kina Balu. Presented by Dr. H, A. 

 Haviland and Dr. D. G. Haviland. 



22 birds and eggs from the Chatham Islands, collected by 

 Dr. H. O. Forbes. 



63 birds from Chili. Bequeathed by the late H. Berkeley 

 James, Esq. 



27 birds from Antigua, Santa Lucia, collected by Mr. Ramage. 

 Presented by the West Indian Committee of the Royal Society. 



44 specimens of Pheasants and Grouse from various parts of 

 the Russian Empire. Received in exchange from the St. Peters- 

 burg Museum. 



95 Herons, being the twenty-fourth instalment of the Shelley 

 collection. 



60 birds from Shoa. Received in exchange from the Turin 

 Museum. 



24 specimens from Sarawak and N. W, Borneo, collected by 

 Mr. A. W. Everett, including the rare Partridge of Kina Balu 

 {Hsemafortyx sanguiniceps, Shai-pe), and the type-specimen of 

 Everett's Spider-hunter (Arachnothera everetti). 



86 specimens from Mount Kalulong and the Baram province 

 of Sarawak, collected by Dr. Charles Hose, including the types 

 of Glaucidium horneense, Tardiniis kalulongse, and T. tephrops. 



32 birds from the Lower Congo and other localities. Presented 

 by Dr. Bowdler Sharpe. 



31 Neotropical birds. Received in exchange from Graf 

 Hans von Berlepsch. 



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