Birds. 419 



Mr. Kennett Loftus was a well-known archffiologist and traveller. 

 He was geologist to the Turko-Persian Frontier Commission, 1849-1852 

 (c/. Diet. Nat. Biogr., xxxiv., p. 80). 



Londesborough {Earl of). 



31 specimens of sea-birds (Herring Gulls, Guillemots, etc.) from 

 Flamborough Head. Presented. [87. 9. 8, 1-16 ; 87. 9. 10, 1-15.] 



Lord (John Keast). 



See Boundary Commission, British N. American. 



137 birds and eggs from British Columbia and Vancouver Island, 

 Presented by the Foreign Office. [60. 2. 23, 1-106 ; 60. 11. 22, 1-131.] 



435 birds, nests, and eggs from British Columbia. Presented. [62, 

 12. 10, 1-37 ; 63. 1. 7, 1-398.] 



The first collections were made by Mr. Lord during the time of his 

 employment as naturalist to the Boundary Commission. He seems to 

 have stayed in British Columbia after the labours of the Commission were 

 over, and to have made further collections which he gave to the British 

 Museum (c/. his book, " The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British 

 Columbia," 2 vols., 8vo, London, 1866). 



Lovat {Lord). 



See Blundell, H. Weld. 



Low {Sir Hugh). 



See also Higgins. 



5 specimens from the Sulu Archipelago. Presented. [76. 5. 30, 1-5.] 



These formed the types of my Oriotus suluensis (Cat. B., iii., p. 205), 

 a species now considered to be identical with 0. chinensis, and Sarcops 

 lowi. 



Sir Hugh Low was an active collector in all branches of natural 

 history during the many years which he spent in the Malay Archipelago 

 as Inspector at Labuan and afterwards as British Kesident at Perak, at 

 which latter place he established the Museum. I described one of his 

 collections from Labuan in the ' Proceedings' for 1875, but owing to some 

 carelessness on the part of his agent, this consignment was handed over 

 to me as being all from Labuan, whereas a considerable portion of it was 

 from the mainland of Borneo, mostly from Lumbidan. Governor Ussher, 

 on being appointed to Labuan, made extensive collections on the island 

 itself and in the mainland, and in describing this series and another 

 made by Sir W. H. Treacher, I was able to give a more exact account 

 of the Avifauna of the island (c/. P.Z.S., 1879, pp. 317-354, pi. xxx.), 

 and to expunge from my previous list many hypothetical species. 



Governor Ussher pays the following tribute to Sir Hugh Low : — 

 " Natural history in Borneo owes a large debt to him, and his name is 

 well known to science. His labours in every department of zoology and 

 botany, as well as his numerous excursions and travels in Borneo, and his 

 intimate acquaintance with the various tribes of the great island, make 

 him the foremost authority on all matters connected with that part of the 

 Malay Archipelago." 



Lowe {Dr. Percy R.). 



3 birds from the West Indian Islands, two of which were new to the 

 collection {Spindalis salvini and Vireo lermudianus). Presented. [1904. 

 6. 6, 1-3.] 



11 birds from Jamaica. Presented. [1904.9.13,1-11.] 



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