Birds. 277 



67 birds from Ecuador. Presented by W. H. D. Haggard, Esq. 



63 birds from China. Presented by F. W. Styan, Esq. 



669 specimens of Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants), Anatidse 

 (Ducks), Accipitres (birds of prey), Striges (Owls), and Crows 

 (Corvidse), etc., being the twenty-lifth and twenty-sixth instal- 

 ments of the Shelley collection. 



1895. 



Specimens presented, 2687 ; purchased, 7856 ; received in 

 exchange, 18. Total 10,561. 



Of special interest are : — 



2 Little Auks (Alle alle) found dead at Sandringham. 

 Presented by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (King Edward VII.). 



247 birds and eggs, from Madeira, Porto Santo, and the 

 Salvage Islands. Presented by the Hon. Cecil Baring, and 

 W. R. Ogilvie- Grant, Esq. 



46 Petrels {Procellariiformes) and Gulls (Lariformes). Pre- 

 sented by Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



924 birds with nests and eggs from Rio de Janeiro 

 Presented by Alexander Fry, Esq. 



3124 specimens of Afi'ican birds, being the twenty-seventh to 

 the thirty-fifth instalment of the Shelley Collection of African 

 Birds. 



23 types of new species of birds discovered during his expe- 

 dition to Lake Rudolf. Presented by Di\ A. Donaldson Smith. 



179 birds from- Somali Land, including nine types and twelve 

 species new to the Museum, collected by E. Lort Phillips, Esq. 



71 birds and eggs from Aden. Presented by Colonel Yerbury. 



4426 birds from Assam and Manipur, including many types 

 and species new to the Museum, collected by Colonel H. H. 

 Godwin-Austen, F.R.S. 



104 birds from the Philippine Islands, the Sulu Archipelago, 

 and Mt. Kina Balu in N.W. Borneo, collected by A. H. 

 Everett, Esq. 



22 birds from the islands of Luzon and Mindoro, in the 

 Philippine Archipelago, collected by A. H. Everett, Esq. 



58 birds from New Zealand. Presented by Sir Samuel 

 Scott, Bart. 



175 birds from the Hawaiian Archipelago, including twenty- 

 six species new to the Museum, collected by R. C. L. Perkins, 

 Esq. Presented by the Joint Committees of the Royal Society 

 and the British xVssociation. 



