Birds. 279 



53 birds from Aden and Somali Land. Received in exchange 

 from Capt. Nurse. 



41 birds from Luzon, Philippine Islands, including eighteen 

 species new to the Museum, collected by John Whitehead, Esq. 



45 birds from Andros Island, Bahamas. Presented by 

 Neville Chamberlain, Esq. 



66 specimens of Eider Ducks (Somateria mollissima) and Black 

 Guillemots (Uria gryJle) from the neighbourhood of Christian- 

 sund, N. Norway : illustrating the various moults and changes of 

 plumage. Collected by Nikolai Hanson. 



72 birds from Nyasa Land, including the types of three 

 new species. Presented by Sir Harry H. Johnston, K.C.B., 

 G.C.M.G. 



37 birds from Nyasa Land. Presented by Sir Alfred Sharpe, 

 K.C.M.G. 



49 specimens from the Marianne Islands, including nine 

 species new to the collection. Received in exchange from the 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild, D.Sc, M.P. 



98 birds from Somali Land, and 31 from Persia. Collected 

 and presented by F. Gillett, Esq. 



1897. 



Specimens presented, 6293 ; purchased, 6359 ; received in 

 exchange, 131. Total, 12,783. 



The following were of special interest : — 



972 birds. Presented by Dr. F. D. Godman, F.R.S., and 

 Osbert Salvin, Esq., F.R.S. 



3045 birds from Gilgit in High Kashmir, Kashgar, Yarkand, 

 etc. This collection, formed by Colonel John Biddulph and pre- 

 sented by him to the Museum, contained also a tine series of 

 skins of Finches {Fringillidse). 



28 birds from the Southern Shan States. Presented by 

 Colonel G. Rippon. 



81 birds from the Sandwich Islands, collected by R. C. L. 

 Perkins, Es(|. Presented by the Joint Committees of the Royal 

 Society and the British Association. 



17 specimens from the Cape Verde Islands, including the 

 types of two new species. Presented by Boyd Alexander, Esq. 



47 birds from Foochow. Presented by C. B. Rickett, Esq. 

 and J. D. La Touche, Esq. 



25 Geese and Ducks from Walcheren, Holland. Presented 

 by T. M. Pike, Esq., and H. L. Popham, Esq. 



