286 Zoology. 



102 birds from Mashona Land, collected by Mr. Edward 

 Clarke. 



32 birds from the French Congo, collected by G. L. Bates, 

 Esq. 



33 birds and 37 eggs from the Rio Ruo, Zambesia ; collected 

 by A. Blayney Percival, Esq. 



45 birds from the island of Obi Major in the Moluccas, 

 collected by Mr. W. Lucas. 



1 1 birds from the island of Buru, collected by A, H, Everett, 

 Esq. 



1901. 



Specimens presented, 17,595; purchased, 1165; received in 

 exchange, 298. Total, 19,358. 



Some of the most important accessions were the following : — 



52 birds from Somali Land. Presented by H. H. the Gaekwar 

 of Baroda. 



15,150 eggs, bequeathed by the late Philip Crowley, Esq. 



150 birds, 660 eggs, and 20 nests of birds, from Fohkien, 

 South China. Presented by C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



122 birds and 64 eggs, collected during the Southern Cross 

 expedition to the Antarctic seas by Nikolai Hanson. Presented 

 by Sir George Newnes, Bart. 



33 bii'ds from the Persian Gulf. Presented by C. T. Ffinch, 

 Esq. 



970 birds from the interior of British East Africa. Presented 

 by Lord Delamere. 



100 birds from Equatorial Africa. Presented by Dr. A. 

 Donaldson Smith. 



59 birds from the Lawas River, N.W. Borneo, collected by 

 the late J. S. Jameson. Presented by Mrs. Jameson. 



100 birds from Somali Land. Presented by Dr. Donaldson 

 Smith. 



226 birds, nests, and eggs from Victoria. Presented by the 

 Government of Victoria. 



47 birds from Nyasa Land. Presented by (general Manning. 



41 birds from Somali Land. Presented l)y Colonel J. J. 

 Harrison. 



107 birds from Queensland. Presented by Herbert C. Robin- 

 son, Esq. 



103 birds from San Paulo, Brazil, collected by Mr. A. Robert. 

 Presented by Sir William Ingram, Bart. 



