336 Zoology. 



Darling (J. ffolliot). 



66 birds and eggs from Rhodesia. Exchanged. [1902. 2. 1, 1-18 ; 

 1902. 3. 14, 1-48.] 



An interesting collection, the chief treasure being a specimen of 

 Reichenow's Pitta {Pitta longipennis, Reichenow), found for the first time 

 in the South African Sub-region (c/. Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. xii., p. 49 ,1902). 



Darmstadt Museum. 



3 specimens received in exchange. [77. 4. 21, 21-23.] 



A new Polyplectron (P. schJelermaclieri) from S. E. Borneo, Corvus 



annedens from Celebes, and Oriolus formosua from Sangi Islands, were 



added to the collection. 



Darwin (Chaeles), F.B.S. 



A specimen of Upttccrthia dumetoria from Coquimbo. Presented. 

 [39. 8. 4, 1.] 



20 birds from South America. Presented. [56. 3. 15, 1-20.] [Con- 

 tained the type of Pyrocephalus parvirostris, Gould, Zool. Voy. Beagle, 

 iii, p. 44.] 



26 birds from Persia. Presented. [56. 12. 16, 1-26.] 

 60 Domestic Pigeons and 6 Ducks. Presented. [67. 12, 9, 1-66.] 

 The collections made by Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle passed 

 into the Museum of the Zoological Society, and were afterwards acquired 

 by the British Museum. Unfortunately, a few of the types had either 

 perished or were overlooked by Mr. G. R. Gray, when he made his 

 selection, since they are not now in the National Collection. From whom 

 Mr. Darwin received his small series of Persian birds, I never knew. Tlie 

 Pigeons and Ducks had served him in his works on Natural Selection. 

 {Cf. Diet. Nat. Biogr., xiv., pp. 72-84.) 



Davidson (J.). 



18 birds, mostly from Aden, collected by Lieut. Barnes. [97. 11. 29, 

 1-18.] 



A specimen of Reniiza coronata from Sind. Presented. [1905. 2. 7, 1.] 



Mr. Davidson is the author (in company with Mr. Wenden) of a very 

 important paper on the Avifauna of the Deccan (Stray Feathers, vii, pp. 

 68-95) ; " Rough List of the Birds of Western Kandesh " (Stray Feathers, 

 x., pp. 279-327), and his collections are now in the Museum, having been 

 presented by Mr. Allan Hume, with the rest of the Hume collection. 

 When the late Lieut. Barnes wrote a paper on the Birds of Aden 

 (Ibis, 1893, pp. 57-84, 166-181), I was particularly auxious to examine 

 some of his specimens, but they were, unfortunately, in India at the time. 



Mr. Davidson afterwards acquired the collections of birds and eggs 

 belonging to Lieut. Barnes, and he very kindly presented to the Museum 

 the specimens which I desired. Another interesting species presented 

 by Mr. Davidson was a specimen of Erythropus amurensis from Kanai'a. 

 [1897. 12. 4, 1.] 



Davies {Commander Dayrell), B.N. 



8 birds from Shanghai, 1 from Ascencion Island, and 3 from Panama. 

 Presented. [87. 7. 30, 1-12.] 



Davies {Capt. H. R.). 



8 birds from the Shan States. Presented. [99. 8. 20, 1-8.] 



