Birds. 289 



15 Pheasants from Burma, including the type of Gennseus 

 nisbetti. Presented by Capt. W. G. Nisbett. 



59 birds from the Egyptian Sudan. Presented by Surgeon- 

 Capt. H. N. Dunn. 



91 birds from Cyprus, collected by Mr. C. Glazner. 



60 birds from the Caucasus, collected by Mr. Schultze. 



1903. 



Specimens presented, 5583 ; purchased, 3693. Total, 9576. 



The most important accessions were as follows : — 



973 birds, skeletons, eggs, and nests from Deelfontein, Cape 

 Colony. Presented by Colonel A. P. Sloggett, C.M.G. 



260 birds from the islands of the South Atlantic and Pacific 

 Oceans, collected by Mr. M. J. Nicoll during the voyage of the 

 R.Y.S. Valhalla. Presented by the Earl of Crawford, K.T., F.R.S. 



351 eggs from various localities. Presented by W. Radcliffe 

 Saunders, Esq. 



75 birds, 16 eggs, and 3 nests from the Sudan. Presented by 

 Surgeon-Capt. H. N. Dunn. 



351 eggs from North Queensland. Presented by W. Radcliffe 

 Saunders, Esq. 



457 birds from Namaqua Land, collected by Mr. H. C. B. 

 Grant. Presented by C. D. Rudd, Esq. 



64 birds and eggs from Uganda. Presented by Dr. Cuthbert 

 Christy. 



260 birds and nests from British East Africa. Presented by 

 A. Blayney Perceval, Esq. 



31 birds from the Sudan. Presented by R. McD. 

 Hawker, Esq. 



582 birds from Western Yunnan. Presented by Colonel 

 George Rippon. 



72 birds from Sierra Leone. Presented by Robin 

 Kemp, Esq. 



34 birds from Central Asia. Presented by Capt. H. H. P. 

 Deasy. 



22 birds from Eernando Po, including 15 species new to the 

 collection. Presented by Lieut. Boyd Alexander. 



286 birds from North Nyasa Land. Presented by Sir Alfred 

 Sharpe, C.B., K.C.M.G. 



61 birds, 40 eggs, and 5 nests from Southern Persia. 

 Presented by H. F. Witherby, Esq. 



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