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Flora of Ireland, and he has also paid much attention to Mammalia 

 especially those of the Western Paljearctic region. He is particularly- 

 interested in the Pinnipedia, on which he has written chapters in the 

 " Antarctic Manual," and in the British Museum " Eeport " on the 

 Southern Cross collections. He is also a student of the phenomena of 

 colour and sexual dimorphism in the Vertehrata. 



lu 1896-97 he was selected by the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office 

 to serve on the International Bering-Sea Seal Commission, and obtained 

 some interesting specimens of birds. In April, 1901, he accompanied 

 his regiment, the 5th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, to South Africa, and 

 remained there till the close of the war. Being in charge of some of the 

 block-houses, he utilised his leisure time in collecting specimens of 

 natural history, and presented to the Museum a fine series of birds. 



Bartlett (Abraham Dee). 



8 specimens of young Geese. Purchased. [43. 12. 30, 1-8.] 

 64 eggs of North American birds. Purchased. [51. 6. 12, 1-64.] 

 29 specimens of birds from Damara Land collected by C. J. Andersson. 

 Purchased. [52. 5. 1, 15-43.] 



To this collection reference has already been made (vide supra). 

 Mr., Bartlett, before he became Superintendent of the Zoological 

 Society's Gardens, had a natural history agency in Little Russell Street, 

 Bloomsbury. My old friend Mr. Edward Gerrard remembers it well, but 

 the house has long ago been pulled down. Mr. Bartlett was an able 

 taxidermist, of the school of John Hancock, and presented a few examj^les 

 of his art to the British Museum, but they do not seem to have been 

 registered. He was wont to mount some of the rare animals which died in 

 the Zoological Gardens, such as the Ailurus, which are still exhibited in 

 the galleries, and an Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) ; these have been the subject 

 of many pictures in popular works on natural history. 



He belonged to a little coterie of hard-working field-naturalists, of 

 whom Frank Buckland and Henry Lee were the leading spirits (cf. 

 ' Ibis,' 1897, p. 499). 



Bartlett (Edward). 



259 specimens from Upper Amazonia. Purchased. [66. 5. 8. 1-66 ; 

 69. 6. 5, 1-16; 69. 4. 10, 1-10; 69. 6. 25, 1-146; 70. 6. 4, 1-21.]' 



7 specimens from Egypt and South America. Purchased. [72. 12. 

 23, 1-7.] 



10 specimens from Mexico collected by Mr. Dorman. Purchased. 

 [74. 7. 1, 1-10.] 



Eldest son of Mr. A. D. Bartlett. Principally known for his natural 

 history explorations on the Upper Amazon, where he experienced con- 

 siderable hardships, but discovered many interesting birds. His collections 

 were described by Dr. Sclater and Mr. Salvin [P.Z.S., 1866, pp. 175-201, 

 pi. xviii.], and the first set purchased by the Museum in 1869. He had 

 previously accompanied Canon Tristram on an expedition to Syria and 

 Palestine. He was for some years curator of the Maidstone Museum, and 

 afterwards of the Sarawak Museum at Kuching. He has written the life 

 of his father (vide supra). 



Bartlett (Col H. W.). 



12 birds from Sierra Leone. Presented. [1905. 4. 5, 1-12.] 



Barton (H.E. CapL F. B.), Governor of British New Guinea. 



68 specimens from the interior of British New Guinea. Presented. 

 [1902. 7. 20, 1-G8.] 



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