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in Charlotte Street, where the business is still carried on by the family. 

 He was Alfred Everett's first agent, and it was from Mr. Cutter that Mr, 

 Gould received the original type-specimen of Pitta arcuata, one of the 

 finest of Everett's discoveries. I also knew him as Crossley's agent, and 

 I described many fine things from Crossley's Madagascar collections, the 

 types of which are in my collection now in the British Museum. After 

 I had entered the Museum, I was no longer allowed to keep a private 

 collection of birds, and Crossley's later consignments were purchased by 

 the Museum direct from Mr. Cutter. Thus in 1875 we acquired the types 

 oi Eutriorchis astur, Atelornis crossleyi, Neodrepanis coruscans, Oxylahes 

 xanthophrys, and Bernieria zosterops [75. 2. 1, 5-23], all most interesting 

 species, which were described by me (P.Z.S., 1875, pp. 70-78, pis. xiii., 

 xiv.). 



The birds from the Zambesi must, I think, have been collected by 

 Dr. Bradshaw. They were beautiful skins, and two species were described 

 by me as new, Pinarornis plumosus (fig., Cat. B., vii., pi. ix.) and 

 Saxicola shelleyi (cf. Sharpe's edition of Layard, pp. 230, 246. Figured 

 in Gates' " MatalDele Land," App., jdI. A.). The latter bird is really a 

 Thamnolxa, and was named by me in honour of my friend. Sir Edward 

 Shelley, an old Zambesi explorer, who reached Lake Nyasa but a short 

 time after its discovery by Livingstone and Kirk. Sir Edward was one 

 of the pall-bearers at Livingstone's funeral. 



Dalgleish (G.). 



6 eggs of the Kentish Plover from the Channel Islands. Presented. 

 [1904. 3. 2, 1-3 ; 1904. 3. 3, 1-3.] 



Danckwerts (W. C). 



A specimen of the Grey Lag Goose (Jnser anser) from Sutherland. 

 [1905. 5. 22, 1.] 



Danford (C. G.). 



2 Nutcrackers, with nest and eggs, from the Carpathian Mountains. 

 Presented. [1901. 4. 14, 1-8.] 



Mr. Danford, with Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown, wrote a list of the birds of 

 Transylvania, mainly based on their own observations (Ibis, 1875, pp. 

 188-199, 291-313, 412-431). In 1877 he described the birds collected 

 during his travels in Asia Minor (Ibis, 1877, pp. 261-274; 1878, pp. 

 1-35), and again in 1880 (Ibis, 1880, pp. 81-99). 



Most of the specimens obtained during this last expedition were given 

 by Mr. Danford to various private collections, and thus many have come 

 to the Museum with the Seebohm Bequest. The ty|)e of a new species of 

 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus danfordi) also came with the 

 Hargitt collection. Mr. Danford has presented the nest in situ, with the 

 eggs and parent-birds of the Nutcracker {Nucifraga caryocatactes), from 

 Transylvania, and this is one of the most interesting of our bird-groups. 



Daniels {Major Cooke). 



3 skins and 14 specimens in spirit, from S.E. New Guinea. Presented. 

 [1905. 9. 18, 1-17.] 



Daniels {Miss E.). 



13 birds from British Guiana. Presented. [1905. 5. 20, 1-13.] 



Darling (J.). 



Was one of Mr. Hume's collectors. 



