360 Zoology. 



516 specimens from the Jardine collection. Purchased. [86. 6. 24, 

 1-516.] 



This important collection, full of historical specimens, was dispersed 

 by auction in London after Sir AVilliam Jardine's death. I did my best 

 , to identify the type-specimens as the collection lay in a crowded auction 

 room, and eventually the Museum secured twenty-five of the most impor- 

 tant ones, but some were purchased over our heads. The fate of this 

 most interesting collection is one of the saddest memories I have. The 

 printed catalogue was simply ridiculous, for if I remember rightly it 

 recorded the types of Linnean species like the Peregrine Falcon and the 

 Common Swift, and the collection ought to have fetched more thousands 

 of pounds than it did hundreds. The Museum did not get half what we 

 wanted, and one of the things I most regret was the series of South 

 African species, which included a set of Sir Andrew Smith's skins. 

 There were many beautiful skins of Bustards, and I felt the want of these 

 when I was writing the " Catalogue of Birds." I fear that the bid 

 offered by the Museum was outdone by someone who wanted the 

 specimens for fly-fishing ! 



54 birds from N.W. Borneo, collected by A. H. Everett, including the 

 type of Carj^ophaga everetti from Mautanani Island. Purchased. [88. 8. 

 13, 1-54.] 



40 skins from Kashgar and Yarkand, collected by the Rev. Dr. 

 Landsdell. Purchased. [89. 7. 3, 1-26; 89. 7. 30, 1-14.] 



235 specimens from the Baram Province of Sarawak, collected by Dr. 

 Charles Hose, the Resident of Baram. Purchased. [89. 1. 17, 1-21 ; 

 89. 7. 31, 1-14; 89. 9. 21, 1-13; 90. 2. 1, 1-13; 92. 4. 29, 1-51; 92. 8. 

 25, 1-50; 94. 2. 2, 1-21 ; 94. 6. 26, 1-21 ; 1900. 9. 1, 1-31.] 



This collection, which was made by Dr. Hose on Mounts Dulit, 

 Mulu, and Kalulong, contains the types of the descriptions given in 

 the " Ibis " for 1892, pp. 322-324, and Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, i., pp. 4 

 and 5 (1892). 



11 birds from Madagascar, collected by A. Majastre. Purchased. 

 [89. 9. 5, 1-11.] 



100 specimens from Labuan and Mount Penrisen, N. W. Borneo, 

 collected by A. H. Everett and Dr. C. Hose. This collection includes the 

 type of Siphia everetti and 9 species new to the collection. Purchased. 

 [90. 6. 14, 1-100.] 



447 specimens from Captain SavUe G. Raid's collection. Purchased. 

 [92. 5. 6, 1-447.] 



This collection, which was principally from Bermuda and Natal, forms 

 part of the material on which Captain Reid's " Birds of the Bermudas," 

 and Butler, Feilden and Reid's " Ornithological Notes from Natal," were 

 based (c/. " Zoologist," 1877, pp. 393-424, 473-493 ; op. cit, 1882, pp. 165- 

 171, 204-212, 243-258, 297-303, 335-345, 423-429, 460). 



230 specimens from the mountains of N.W. Borneo, i:)rincipally from 

 Mount Kina Balu, collected by A. H. Everett. Purchased. [92. 10. 30, 

 1-118 ; 93. 6. 22, 1-23 ; 95. 1. 26, 1-7 ; 95. 11. 19, 1-82.] 



These collections contained several species new to the Museum, and 

 types of two undescribed species, /Sco^js mantananensis and Arachnothera 

 everetti. 



34 bones of Dinornis and IIarp)agornis from Omeru, New Zealand, 

 from Dr. Forbes' collection. Purchased. [93. 1. 30, 1-34.] 



65 birds from the Sulu Archipelago collected by Mr. A. H. Everett. 

 Purchased. [94. 4. 20, 1-52.] 



This collection, containing 4 tj^pes of species new to science and 5 



