Birds. 401 



James {Br.). 



See HiGGiNS, T. 

 12 birds from British New Guinea. [77. 4. 6, 1-12.] 



Jameson (Mrs.). 



17 specimens from Yambuya, on the Aruwbimi Elver, Upper Congo. 

 [90. 3. 3, 1-17.] 



These birds were presented to the Museum by Mrs. Jameson after her 

 husband's death ; 6 species were new to the Museum, and the types of 

 3 new species, described by Capt. Shelley in the "Ibis" for 1890 

 (pp. 156-170, pi. v.), and by myself in the Appendix to the " Story of 

 the Rear-column" (1890, pp. 392-422) (Cossypha hurtteloti, Fholidornis 

 jamesoni and Diaphorophyia jamesoni), were added. 



205 specimens from Mashona Land. Presented. [1900. 2. 4, 1-205.] 



This was the collection made by the late J. S. Jameson during his well- 

 known expedition to Mashona Land in the days when it was practically 

 unexplored. He was accompanied by the veteran naturalist, Mr. Thomas 

 Ayres, who wrote some interesting notes on the habits of the birds 

 collected by the expedition (cf. Shelley, Ibis, 1882, pp. 236-263, 349-368, 

 pi. vii.). A few specimens were given by Jameson to Capt. Shelley, and 

 have passed into the Museum along with the Shelley collection of African 

 birds, and the remainder were presented by Mrs. Jameson. 



102 specimens from the Ai'uwhimi River. Presented. [1900. 2. 10, 

 1-102.] 



This was the collection made during the Emin Pasha relief expedition, 

 and was given by Mrs. Jameson after her husband's death. 



A secund collection, left by Jameson at the time of his death at 

 Yambuya, never reached his wife, but was ultimately disposed of by a 

 survivor of the expedition to the Hon. Walter Rothschild as having been 

 collected by himself ; some of the specimens, however, bore labels in the 

 handwriting of my late friend. 



59 specimens Irom the Lawas River, N.W. Borneo. Presented. [1901. 

 1. 31, 1-59.] 



In 1877 Jameson visited N.W. Borneo, and made an expedition up 

 the Lawas River, which was then very little known. He discovered 

 Machxrhamphus alcinus in Borneo, but most of his early collections were 

 mounted in glass cases, and only a small portion of the Lawas series 

 passed into the Museum. 



Jameson was an enthusiastic collector, and made a great mistake in 

 paying money to be allowed to join the Stanley expedition for the relief 

 of Emin Pasha. He could easily have made an expedition on his own 

 account, and would then have had a real opportunity for collecting ; as it 

 was he was able to do very little natural history work on the Congo, and 

 ultimately lost his life. His aim was to have done something imjaortant 

 in the way of scientific exploration, and his " Apologia " is to be seen in 

 his posthumous volume on the adventures of the Rear-column {q.v., pp. 

 392-422). 



Janson (Edward Wesley). j 



9 birds from Cbili. Purchased. [72. 5. 27, 16-24]. ' 



17 birds from Japan. Purchased. [76. 7. 25, 1-17.] 

 9 birds from the Fiji Islands, collected by Dr. Smith. Purchased. 



[78. 8. 3, 1-9.] 



38 birds irom Japan and the Liu-Kiu Islands, collected by the late 



Harry Pryer. Purchased. [80. 11. 1, 1-26 ; 87. 10. 2, 1-12.] 

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