Birds. 399 



A specimen of the Hobby (Faico suhbufeo) from Cuckfield, Sussex. 

 Presented. [1904. 10. 14, 1.] 



Colonel Irby Is the well-known historian of the Ornithology of the 

 Straits of Gibraltar (c/. London, 1875, 8vo, pp. 1-236 ; 2nd edition, 

 London, 1895, 8vo, pp. 1-326). Among the rare species presented by 

 him to the Museum from Southern Sj)ain was Savi's Warbler (Locustella 

 luscinioides), of which he gave a series of the birds with nests and 

 eggs. 



Jackson (Captain Frederick G.). 



83 bin^s from Cape Flora and other places in Franz Josef Land. Pre- 

 sented. [98. 1. 2, 1-33.] 



Nest an'S. eggs, with parent-birds, of the Ivory Gull {Pagophila 

 eburnea). Presented. 



Mr. Jackson was the leader of the Jackson-Harm sworth expedition to 

 the Arctic (c/. his work, " A Thousand Days in the Arctic," London and 

 New York, 1899 (?), 8vo, I., pp. sxi, 551 ; II., pp. xv, 580). He was 

 keenly interested in natural history, and did what he could to collect 

 during his two winters passed in Franz Josef Land. He discovered a 

 nesting colony of the Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea), and presented to 

 the Museum an interesting case of these birds, with the nest and eggs 

 in situ — one of the most interesting of the bird-groups. He also recorded, 

 for the first time, the occurrence of the Lapland Bimting {Calcarius 

 lapponicus) in Franz Josef Land. 



Jackson (Frederick J.), C.B., C.M.G. 



162 birds from Teita and Mt. Kilimanjaro, Manda Island and Lamu. 

 Presented. [87. 11. 3, 1-33, 54-176; 87. 11. 29. 1-7; 88. 2. 1, 

 1-44.] 



This collection contained no less than 18 species new to the Museum, 

 including the type of Ploceus jacksoni and many other valuable specimens. 

 It was described by Capt. Shelley in the " Ibis " for 1888 (pp. 287-306, 

 pis. vi. and vii.). 



Two eggs of Struthio massaicus. Presented. [91. 1. 30, 1, 2.] 



47 birds from Mount Elgon and the neighbouring districts. Pre- 

 sented. [93. 12. 1, 1-47.] 



Of these 47 specimens, no less than 44 were types of new species. 

 The collection was described by me in the " Ibis " for 1891, pp. 117-127, 

 233-260, pis. iv.-vi., 587-602, pis. xii. and xiii., 1892, pp. 152-164, pi. iv., 

 299-322, pi. vii., 534-555, pi. xiv. 



10 types of new species from Uganda. Presented. [97. 4. 1, 1 ; 

 97. 10. 31, 1-9.] 



18 types of new species from the Nandi district. Presented. [99. 8. 

 13, 1-8; 1900. 6. 22, 1-6; 1901. 10. 9, 12; 1901. 11. 12, 1-2.] 



26 types of new species from the Eiiwenzori Range. Presented. 

 [1902. 12. 8, 1-17 ; 1903. 9. 16, 1 ; 1904. 4. 25, 1 ; 1904. 6. 28, 1, 2 ; 

 1905. 1. 10, 1-4 ; 1906. 1. 5, 1.] 



Described by me in the " Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club," 

 vol. vi., p. xlviii. ; vii., pp. vi., vii. ; x., pp. xxvii., xxviii. ; xi., pp. 28, 29, 

 57 ; xiii., pp. 7-10, 20, 21, 50 ; xiv., pp. 19, 94 ; and by Mr. Jackson in 

 vols. viii. (pp. xxii., 1.), xiv., pp. 74, 94. A few species have also been 

 described by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, and others by Mr. Oscar Neumann. 



8 birds from British East Africa and Uganda. Presented. [1904. 

 10. 10, 1-8.] 



Some idea of the value of Mr. Jackson's donations to the National 



