Birds, 359 



293 birds and 108 skeletons from the Eyton collection. Purchased. 

 [80. 12. 31, 1-88 ; 81. 1. 17, 1-108 ; 81. 2. 18, 1-205.] 



To the importance of the Eyton collection, with its 71 types of 

 ancient species and seven new to the collection, I have already referred. 

 The skeletons, being the specimens on which his " Osteologia Avium " 

 was founded, were also a most desirable acquisition. 



6 specimens from Australia, collected by A. P. Goodwin, and two 

 from S.E. New Guinea, collected by A. Goldie. Purchased. [81. 3. 15, 

 1-8.] 



100 specimens from New Britain and Duke of York Island, collected 

 by the Rev. G. Brown (c/. Sclater, P.Z.S., 1879, pp. 446-451, pis. xxxvi. 

 and xxxvii., and 1880, jjp. 65-67, pis. vi.-viii.). Purchased. [81. 3. 29, 

 1-100.] 



This collection contains 8 types of birds described as new to science 

 by Dr. Sclater and 21 species hitherto imrepresented in the national 

 collection. 



11 birds from Borneo. Three species from the Lawas river, collected 

 by Sir W. H. Treacher, were new to the collection. Purchased. [81. 4. 21, 

 1-11.] 



4 birds from S.E. New Guinea. Purchased. [81. 4. 22, 1-4.] 



17 birds from the Gold Coast, collected by the late Governor Ussher. 

 Purchased. [81. 9. 24, 1-17.] 



This is a fragment only of the great collection of birds made by 

 Governor Ussher before his death. He was keenly interested in the 

 natural history of the colony over which he ruled, and shortly before 

 his death I received letters from him announcing his return to England 

 with the largest collection of birds he had ever made, with rare species 

 like Picathartes gymnocephalus and many other apparent novelties from 

 the interior of the Gold Coast. He had also made a special study of the 

 game-birds from the Accra district, and believed that he had obtained a 

 complete series of these birds. What became of this collection, of which 

 there must have been several cases, was never actually discovered, but a 

 few seem to have found their way to England and to have come ultimately 

 into Gerrard's hands. One of these specimens threw me off my guard 

 on this occasion, and I described a jaale moulting bird which looked like a 

 Flycatcher as Muscicapa ussheri. It turned out to be a Garden Warbler 

 (^Sylvia simplex) ! 



45 birds from various localities. Purchased. [81. 11. 5, 1-45.] 



55 birds from Sikhim and other parts of the Indian Empire. Pur- 

 chased. [81. 12. 28, 3-57.] 



These were duplicates from the Hume collection sent home by Mr. 

 Hume for disposal or for exchange. Many of these skins were of the 

 utmost service to me in the preparation of the " Catalogue of Birds," as 

 of course at that time I hacl no idea that four years later Mr. Hume 

 was going to present his wonderful collection to the Museum. 



132 birds from South-eastern New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. Goldie. 

 Purchased, [82. 3. 5, 1-5 ; 82. 3. 8, 1-121 ; 83. 6. 5, 1-6.] 



These collections contamed 33 species not previously represented in 

 the Museum, eleven of them being new. I described the collection in 

 the Linnean Society's "Journal" '(vol. xvi., pp. 317-319, 422-447). 

 Among the novelties were such fine birds as Trichoglossus goldiei, 

 ^thomyias guttata, Eupetes pulcher, Munia grandis, Fhonygama hun- 

 steint, and Ptilorhis intercedens. 



14 birds from the west coast of Sumatra, collected by Dr. von Faber. 

 Purchased. [82. 7. 24, 1-14.] 



