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of Accipitres. At that time the Museum was without any series of 

 continental species, and my amiable and talented colleague, Dr. Dubois, 

 presented an interesting collection of Belgian birds, which I brought 

 home with me. 



Bryant {Mrs.). 



66 birds from the West Indian Islands. Presented. [70. 4. 12, 

 1-66.] 



Dr. Bryant, who was a well-known American ornithologist, made col- 

 lections in the Bahamas, Jamaica, Porto Eico, and other West Indian 

 Islands, and at his death his widow distributed his collection between 

 various Museums, such as the Smithsonian Institution, the British 

 Museum, and the private collections of Dr. Sclater, Messrs. Salvin and 

 Godman, etc. The specimens received by the British Museum were then, 

 and are still at the present day, extremely valuable, and the intentions of 

 the broad-minded naturalist who gave them have been fully appreciated. 



Buck (Walter J.). 



6 specimens of the Great Bustard {Otis tarda) from Andalusia. Pre- 

 sented. [89. 12. 16, 1-6.] 



Buckley (T. E.). 



20 birds from the Transvaal. Presented. [74. 4. 16, 1-13 ; 74. 5. 15, 

 1-7.] 



Mr. Buckley accompanied Capt. Shelley on an expedition to the Gold 

 Coast, and discovered a new Lark {Calandrella buckleyi) on that 

 occasion {cf. " Ibis," 1872, pp. 281-93). 



He afterwards visited Matabeleland and Swaziland {cf. " Ibis," 1874, 

 pp. 355-91). His Swaziland collection forms still the only foundation of 

 our knowledge of the Avifauna of this part of South Africa. 



Mr. Buckley ultimately disposed of his collection to his old friend 

 Captain Shelley, and with the Shelley Collection the whole of it has 

 passed into the British Museum, In conjunction with Mr. Harvie-Brown, 

 he wrote several valuable works on the ornithology of Scotland and 

 its isles, e.g. the ' Vertebrate Fauna of Sutherland, Caithness, and West 

 Cromarty,' Edinburgh, 1887 ; do. Outer Hebrides, Edinburgh, 1888 ; 

 do. of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides, Edinburgh, 1892 ; do. of the Moray 

 Basin, Edinburgh, 1895. 



Bugle {Capt.). 



36 birds from Demerara. Purchased. [99. 2. 7, 1-36.] 



Bullen {Eev. E. Ashington). 



2 birds from the Shire River, Zambesi. Presented. [1904. 9. 5, 1, 2.] 



BuUer {Sir Walter Lawry), B.Sc, F.B.S. 



3 specimens {Platycercus alpinus and Larits buUeri) new to the 

 collection. Presented. [72. 11. 22, 1, 2 ; 72. 12. 21, 1.] 



1 yoimg Megapodius pritchardi, Nuia Foou Isl., Tonga croup. Pre- 

 sented. [1904. 7. 29, 1.] 



5 birds from Axim, W. Africa. Presented. [1905. 1. 22, 1-5.] 

 Sir Walter Buller is the historian of the Avifauna of New Zealand, his 

 native country, and two editions of his great work have been published 

 by him. The collections on which his history is based are in the 

 Rothschild Museum at Trins. 



