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Anderson (A.). 



Made valuable collections of birds in the N.W. Provinces of India. 

 After his death, the collections were purchased by Mr. Henry Seebohm, 

 who exchanged away a good many specimens, but a fair number were 

 contained in the Seebohm Bequest. 



Anderson {Dr. John). 



200 birds collected during the Expedition through Burma towards 

 Yun-nan in 1867, 1875-6. [1876. 4. 7, 1-200.] 



These collections were described by Dr. Anderson in his large work 

 (2 vols. 4to) entitled " Anatomical and Zoological Eesearches, comprising 

 an Account of the Zoological Results of the two Expeditions to Western 

 Yun-nan in 1868 and 1875." The first set of specimens went to the 

 Calcutta Museum, of which he was then Director, and the second set of 

 200 birds passed into the hands of the British Museum, which had up to 

 that time no extensive series from Burma: 13 species were new to the 

 collection, and there were three co-types of new species described by 

 Dr. Anderson. 



Andersson (C. J.). [1827-1867.] 



See Bartlett, A. D. ; Sharpe, R. Bowdler ; Stevens, S. 



Swedish naturalist, born in Wermeland in 1827. Joined Gralton's 

 expedition to Damara Land in 1850. His collections were sent to 

 Mr. A. D. Bartlett, afterwards Superintendent of the Zoological Gardens, 

 but at that time a dealer in natural history objects. Many of the birds 

 obtained on this first expedition were dispersed before any catalogue of 

 them was made, and a portion of this collection was purchased by Mr. 

 G. A. Frank, the well-known dealer of Amsterdam; but about 100 

 specimens passed into the hands of Mr. H. E. Strickland, and are now in 

 the Cambridge Museum. 



Dr. P. L. Sclater, who commenced his zoological career under the 

 a\gis of Strickland, joined the latter in a description of this remnant of 

 Andersson"s first consignment. A memoir, which was entitled a " List 

 of a Collection of Birds procured by C. J. Andersson in the Damara 

 country, with notes," was published in Jardine's " Contributions to 

 Ornithology " for 1852, and the following new species were described : — 

 Caprimulgus damarensis (=C. riifigena. Smith), cf. Hartert, Cat. xvii. 

 p. 532; Platystira albicauda ( = Lanioturdus torquatus), cf. Sharpe, Cat. 

 iv. p. 237 ; Enneoctonus anderssoiii { = L. collusio) Grant, Nov. Zool. ix., 

 ]). 484 ; Erytliropygia galtoni ( = Saxicola familiaris, Steph.), cf. Sharpe, 

 Handl. iv. p. 175 ; DryTuceca flavida ( = Kuprinodes flavidus) cf. Sharpe, 

 Handl. iv. p. 224 ; Splienieacus pycnopygius ( = Chxtops pycnopygius), cf. 

 Sharpe, Handl. iv. p. 5 ; Spreo bispecularis ( = Lamprocolius bispecularis), 

 cf. Sharpe, Cat. xiii. p. 181 ; Alauda erythrochlamys ( = Ammomanes 

 erythrochlamys), cf. Sharpe, Cat. xiii. p. 648 ; Alauda spleniata (= Teph- 

 rocorys spleniata), cf. Sharpe, Cat. xiii. p. 563; Alauda nxvia { = Mircbfra 

 nsevia), cf. Sharpe, t.c. p. 617; Nectar inia anderssoni {—Cinnyris 

 hucogaster), cf. Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 39 ; Halcyon damarensis (= //. 

 chelicuti, QtSiT)!.), cf. Sharpe, Cat. xvii. p. 239; Campothera capricorni ; 

 CJiaradrius damarensis ( = Octhodromus asiaticus), cf. Sharpe, Cat. xxiv. 

 p. 230; Charadrius pallidus { = ^gialitis pallida), cf. Sharpe, t.c. p. 284; 

 Sternula halsenarum { = Sterna balsenarum), cf. Saunders, Cat. xxv. 

 p. 111. 



Andersson made several expeditions to Damara Land, discovered 

 the Okavango River, and penetrated to Lake N'gami and the Cunene 



