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Ferguson (Harold S.). 



22 birds from Travancore. Presented. [1900. 5. 24, 1-12; 1900. 

 10. 6, 1-10.] 



Mr. Ferguson was the Director of the Museum at Trevandrum, and 

 sent some interesting species to the National Collection. 



Ferguson (R.). 



16 specimens from the Himalayas. Presented. [38. 7. 9, 1-16.] 



Ferryman. 



See Mochler-Febryman. 



Ffinch (B. T.), CLE. 



33 birds from Fao, Persian Gulf. Presented. [1901. 9. 16, 1-33.] 



Field (Leopold). 



See Stevens, H. 

 A well-known oologist, whose collection was dispersed in 1895. A 

 beautiful series of the eggs of Ouculus canorus, with the eggs of the 

 foster-parents, was secured by the Museum. 



Finckh (H. E.). 



2 eggs of the Kagu (Bhinocheius juhatus). Purchased. [190-1. 7. 25, 

 1-2.] 



Finn (Frank). 



8 specimens from Calcutta. Presented. [1902. 10. 18, 1-8.] 



2 specimens. [1903. 7. 2, 2-3.] 



Until recently Mr. Finn was the Assistant Director of the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta, and he has written some interesting papers in the 

 ' Journal ' of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and the ' Proceedings ' of the 

 Zoological Society. 



Finscli {Br. Otto). 



See Bremen, Geographical Society of ; Schneider, G. 



A few duplicates from Dr. Finsch's ornithological collections have 

 found their way into the British Museum, and the first set of the series 

 from his well-known Siberian expedition was purchased by the Trustees, 



A record of the life-work of this diligent zoologist is to be found in 

 his " Systematische Uebersicht der Ergebnisse seiner Keisen und schrift- 

 stellerischen Thatigkeit " (1859-1899), published in Berlin in 1899. His 

 voyages to West Siberia (1876), the South Sea Islands (1879-1885), New 

 Guinea (1884-1885), and their results are fully described, and a list of his 

 works and papers (over 400 in number) is given. 



Dr. Finsch was until recently the Curator of the Ornithological 

 Department in the Ley den Museum, where he was employed as an 

 Assistant in his young days, when he wrote his celebrated monograph of 

 the Parrots under circumstances of great difficulty. He has done much 

 in recent years to elucidate the treasures of that great Museum, and 

 many valuable memoirs have appeared in the " Notes of the Leyden 

 Museum." 



Fisher (Theodore). 



70 British birds collected and mounted by himself. Presented. 

 [88. 5. 20, 1-70.] 



