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certain species in the neighbourhood of Chaman, S. Afghanistan" (Str. F., 

 ix., pp. 212-220), and " A list of Birds observed in the neighbourhood of 

 Chaman " (t.c, pp. 449-460). He got together a fine collection of Indian 

 birds' eggs. On being transferred to Aden, he was much interested in the 

 ornithology of that Peninsula, and wrote a noteworthy paper on the results 

 of his studies in that inhospitable spot (" Ibis," 1893, pp. 57-84, 

 165-181). 



He also published a series of articles on the birds of the Bombay Pre- 

 sidency in the " Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society," illus- 

 trated by himself [_Cf. " Ibis," 1896, p. 162], 



Baroda. 



See n.H. THE Gaekwar of Baroda. 

 Baron (O. T.). 



A German naturalist, who collected in California, and made expedi- 

 tions to Ecuador and Peru. He mounted all his Humming-birds in the 

 field, and a beautiful set of these birds was presented to the Museum by 

 the Hon. Walter Kothschild. A series from his Peruvian collections was 

 acquired by Dr. F. D. Godman and presented by him to the Museum. 

 Other collections were sent to the Hon. Walter Rothschild. A paper was 

 published on these collections by Mr. Osbert Salvin (Nov. Zool., ii., pp. 1-22), 

 and 16 new species were described. Mr. Baron himself contributed some 

 notes on the localities visited by him in Northern Peru to Mr. Roth- 

 schild's " Novitates" (vol. iv., pp. 1-10), and some other new species have 

 been described by Mr. Hellmayr (Nov. ZooL, xii., p. 503, 1905). 



Baroody (S.). 



18 specimens from Mount Lebanon. Purchased. [94. 5. 6, 1-18.] 

 72 specimens from Mount Lebanon. Presented. [94. 5. 7, 1-72.] 

 An interesting, but somewhat ill-prepared, series from the mountains 



of Lebanon. 



Barratt (F. A.). 



119 birds from the Eastern Transvaal. Presented. [75, 9. 30, 1-7 ; 

 75. 10. 1, 1-112.] 



61 birds from the Eastern Transvaal. Purchased, [75. 10. 7, 3-63.] 

 This collection contained the types of two new species {Bradypterns 

 barratt i and Andropadus (potius Bleda) flavostriatus. Mr. Barratt 

 was an old schoolfellow of mine, and we met after many years on his 

 return from South Africa. I described the new species in the " Ibis " for 

 1876 (pp. 52-54), and Mr. Barratt himself described his collection in the 

 same volume (pp. 191-214), where Bradypterus harratti was figured 

 (pi. iv.). 



Barrett- Hamilton {Captain G. E. H.). 



192 specimens fiom Bering Island and the North- Western Pacific. 

 Presented. [95. 7. 4, 1-192.] 



44 specimens from Bering Island, etc. Presented. [98. 3.i25, 1-3; 98. 

 11. 11, 1-41.] 



21 specimens from Kamtschatka. Presented. [1900. 1. 0, 1-10 ; 

 1902. 5. 1, 1-11.] 



20 sjjccimens from the Orange River Colony. Presented. [1901. 

 9. 20, 1-20.] 



900 specimens from the Orange River Colony, S.W. Transvaal, Griqua- 

 land West, and Cape Colony. Presented. [1905. 12. 28, 1-900.] 



Capt. Barrett-Hamilton's early studies were devoted to the Fauna and 



