362 Zoology. 



56 skeletons of birds, skulls, etc. [1900. 7. 6, 1-56.] 



26 eggs from St. Aignan Island in the Louisiade Archipelago, and 

 41 birds from the Solomon Islands, collected by Mr. A. S. Meek. Pur- 

 chased. [1900. 8. 1, 1-26 ; 1901. 11. 5, 1-41.] 



32 mounted Birds of Paradise, for the Exhibition Gallery. Pur- 

 chased. [1901. 1. ] 2, 1-32.] 



48 specimens from Batchian Island in the Moluccas, collected by 

 Mr. Heinrich Ktihn. Purchased. [1901. 10. 5, 1-48.] 



32 specimens from Nyasaland, collected by Mr. Brown. Purchased. 

 [1901. 11. 6, 1-32.] 



29 birds, collected in Pahang, Malay Peninsula, by Mr. John Water- 

 stradt. Purchased. [1903. 5. 1, 1-29.] Included a specimen of Chalcurus 

 ■inojiinatus, the new species of Peacock-Pheasant described by the Hon. 

 Walter Kothschild. 



56 birds from Batchian and the Obi Islands in the Moluccas, collected 

 by Mr. John Waterstradt. Purchased. [1903. 6. 2, 1-56.] 



19 birds from the Solomon Islands, collected by Mr. A, S. Meek. 

 Purchased. [1903. 6. 3, 1-19.] 



44 birds from New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. S. Meek. Purchased, 

 [1904. 4. 19, 1-44.] 



24 birds from the Malay Archipelago. Purchased. [1904. 4. 23, 1-24.] 



27 birds from Batjan, collected by H. Kuhn. Purchased. [1904. 

 5. 4, 1-27.] 



12 birds from Moimt Madang, Moluccas. Purchased. [1904,5.6,1-12.] 



11 birds from Sarawak. Purchased. [1904. 5, 30, 1-11.] 



21 birds from the Solomon Islands, including three species new to the 

 collection, collected by A. S. Meek. Purchased. [1904. 6. 9, 1-21.] 



35 birds from the Solomon Islands, collected by Mr. A. S. Meek. Pur- 

 chased. [1904. 7. 11, 1-35.] 



37 birds from the Philippine Islands and Solomon Islands. Purchased. 

 [1904. 7. 13, 1-37.] 



180 birds from the Camaroons, collected by G. L. Bates, Esq. Pur- 

 chased. [1904. 7. 18, 1-180.] 



16 birds from Solomon Islands, collected by Mr. A. S. Meek. Pur- 

 chased. [1904. 11. 16, 1-16.] 



592 birds from the Uganda Protectorate, duplicates from Mr. Jackson's 

 collection. Purchased. [1904. 11. 20, 1-592.] 



265 birds from Efuler, Camaroons, and River Ja, collected bv G. L. 

 Bates, Esq. Purchased. [1905. 1. 24, 1-265.] 



230 birds from Sierra Leone, Collected by Robin Kemp, Esq. 

 Purchased. [1905. 1. 25, 1-230.] 



427 e2gs from Uganda, duplicates from Mr, Jackson's collection. 

 Purchased. [1905. 9. 15, 1-427.] 



27 birds and 10 eggs from the Solomon Islands, collected by Mr. 

 A. S, Meek, Purchased. [1905. 11. 25, 1-37.] 



450 birds from Somaliland, collected by Mr. G. W. Bury. Purchased. 

 [1905. 11. 27, 1-253 ; 1905. 12, 23, 1-197]. 



236 birds from Mindanao, collected by Mr. Walter Goodfellow. 

 Purchased. [1905. 11. 26, 1-236.] 



Mr. Edward Gerrard has been for the last thirty-five years a natural 

 history agent and taxidermist, to whom the Museum has entrusted its 

 most valuable commissions and its most important work. He is the sou 

 of Mr. Edward Gerrard, sen., whose honourable career in the British 

 Museum is one of the longest on record in that Institution. 



This old gentleman, beloved and respected by every one of us in the 

 Museum, has not long retired from the service. When the Zoological 



