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Mr. Ansell was a personal friend of my own, whom I requested to send 

 any specimens of birds he might be able to procure. He was a merchant 

 on the Eiver Danger or Ogowe, in Gaboon, and was first introduced to me 

 by Mr. J. J. Monteiro. In the years 1873-1874 the Museum received 

 seven small consignments from him, comprising 106 specimens. He 

 managed to obtain several rare species, one being a remarkable I^ark- 

 lieeled Cuckoo (Centropus anselli, Sharpe), and an interesting Bush-Shrike 

 {Dryoscopus liihderi, Keichenow), whicli had been procured about the 

 same time by Dr. Liihder in the Camaroons, and described by Dr. 

 Reichenow a few weeks before my description of Dryoscopus ruficeps, of 

 which the type was sent by Mr. Ansell, appeared. 



Ansorge (Dr. W. J.). 



26 specimens from Uganda. Purchased. [96. 7. 14, 1-26.] 

 232 specimens from Benguela. Purchased. [1905. 11. 22, 1-232.] 

 Dr. Ansorge is an excellent naturalist, and his collections from Equa- 

 torial Africa and Angola are in the Hon. Walter Rothschild's Museum at 

 Tring. He has sent some large collections from Benguela to the British 

 Museum. (See his book " Under the African Sun," 1899.) 



Anstey (Lieut.). 



33 birds from Kingwilliamstown, S. E. Africa. Presented. [77. 8. 1, 

 1-33.] 



This was the only collection received from this gallant young officer, 

 who was associated with Major Trevelyan in his efforts to procure specimens 

 of natural history for the British Museum. A year after the receipt of the 

 above collection, Lieut. Anstey was killed at the battle of Isandhlwana. 



Antarctic Expedition. 



See Admiralty (Lords oi^ the) ; Royal Society. 



The first collections were received through the Council of the Eoyal 

 Society. 



78 specimens from Kerguelen Land, Presented by the Lords of the 

 Admiralty. [41. 4, 743-791.] 



119 specimens from the Antarctic Ocean, New Zealand, Auckland 

 Islands, Tasmania, Campbell Island, St. Paul's Rocks, etc. [42. 12. 16, 

 1-119.] Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty, Several "duplicates" 

 were " returned," presumably to Dr. McCormick. 



224 specimens from the Falkland Islands, Antarctic pack-ice. New 

 Zealand, etc. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. [44. 1. 18, 

 1-218 ; 44. 3. 20, 1-6.] 



No detailed memoir of the birds procured during the Antarctic 

 expedition of the Erebus and Terror was published at the time of 

 its return, but many species were mentioned in the early Museum 

 Catalogues. Sir Joseph Hooker was naturalist to the expedition, and the 

 doctors on board the two ships were also good collectors and observers, 

 viz.. Dr. McCormick, Dr. Robertson, and Dr. Lyall. Dr. McCormick's 

 excellent notes appeared in Gould's " Birds of Australia " and " Hand- 

 book"; and shortly before his death, which only took place a few years 

 ago, the old veteran, who had accompanied Ross on both his Polar 

 voyages, wrote his memoirs.* 



The " Zoology of the Voyage of the Erebus and Terror " gives 

 an account of the birds of New Zealand. It was published in 1844 and 



* "Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas." 2 vols. 

 Svo. 1884. 



