Birds. 355 



19 specimens from West Africa. Purchased. [51. 11. 5, 1-3 ; 51. 11. 

 27, 1-12 ; 53. 1. 26, 1-5.] 



76 specimens, registered as from "South America." [59. 1. 12, 

 1-19; 59. 4. 26, 1-13; 60. 6. 12, 1-4; 60. 11. 9, 1-13 ; 60. 12. 5, 1-19 ; 

 62. 1. 17, 1-7.] 



Mr. Gerrard, senior, can remember Fraser as a young man employed 

 at the Zoological Society's Museum in Brewer Street, Golden Square. 

 Here he picked up his knowledge of natural history. He wrote several 

 papers and described various new species of birds in the "Proceedings "of 

 the Zoological Society, from 1839-1845, 1850-1856. Was appointed 

 naturalist on board H.M.S. Wilherforce in the expedition up the lUver 

 Niger, 1841-42 (r/. Allen and Thomson, " Narrative of the Expedition 

 to the Niger in 1841," i., p. 467, 1848 ; list of the species described, op. 

 cit., ii., pp. 488-508). 



He was an excellent naturalist, and was a protege of the Earl of Derby, 

 who procured him a consular appointment in 1850 at Whydah, West 

 Coast of Africa. In 1H57 he was in Ecuador, collecting for Dr. Sclater 

 (cf. P.Z.S., 1858, pp. 449-461; 1859, pp. 135-147; 1860, pp. 73-98, 

 272-301). 



I only remember him in his later life, when his caligraphy was 

 really beautiful, and he was employed by Dr. Sclater to write the labels 

 for the animals in the Zoological Gardens. He afterwards had a shop for 

 living animals at the Polytechnic in Eegent Street, and I remember him 

 also in another small shop near Tattersall's, Knightsbridge, after which 

 I heard that he had gone to California, where, I believe, he died. 



Cf. Diet. Nat. Biogr., xx., p. 215. 



Frere (R. T.). 



28 eggs of British birds. Presented. [52. 3. 20, 1-28.] 



Fry (Alexander). 



947 birds from Eio de Janeiro. Presented. [95. 4. 1, 1-947.] 

 Mr. Fry was a well-known coleopterist, and was always a good 

 friend to the British Museum. His collection from the neighbourhood of 

 Rio de Janeiro is probably one of the most extensive ever made in that 

 province, and its value to the Museum can scarcely be overestimated. 



Pulton (H. T.). 



36 birds from Chitral. Presented. [1904. 12. 5, 1-36.] 



Gaekwar of Baroda (His Highness The). 



52 birds from Somali Land. Presented. [1901. 4. 20, 1-52.] 

 H.H. The Gaekwar is a very keen naturalist, and the Baroda Museum 

 is a feature of the country over which he rules. Dr. Donaldson Smith, 

 the well-known African explorer, made an expedition into Somali Land 

 on behalf of the Gaekwar, who kindly allowed the British Museum to 

 take any specimens of interest for the National Collection. The results of 

 the expedition were described by me in the " Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society" (1901, vol. ii., pp. 298-316), and a new Warbler (Camaroptera 

 (jaekivari) was named after His Highness the Gaekwar. 



Galton {Sir Francis). 



34 birds from the 5th Cataract of the Nile. Presented. [49. 2. 8, 

 1-34.] 



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