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personal friend of Dr. Kriiper, with whom he made several expeditions. 

 He sent many interesting birds to the Museum. 



Merriam (Dr. C. Hart). 



9 birds from Locust Grove, New York. Presented. [84. 10. 6, 1-9.] 

 Dj-. Hart Merriara is now the chief of the Division of Biological Survey 

 in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and under his administration some 

 admirable work has been done, as may be seen in the " North American 

 Fauna," which is published under his direction. On assuming his 

 appointment in the U.S. Agricultural Department he gave up the special 

 study of ornithology, in order to devote his whole time to the duties of his 

 important position. His collection of birds, mostly from Locust Grove, 

 the Adirondack Mountains, and other districts of the State of New York, 

 passed into the hands of his friend, Mr. H. W. Henshaw, and formed an 

 important part of the great Henshaw collection presented to the Trustees 

 by Dr. F. D. Godman. 



Meves (W.). 



131 birds from Sweden. Purchased. [74. 1. 1, 1-99 ; 74. 1. 25, 1-32.] 

 Meves was one of the best taxidermists of his age, and certainly one of 

 the best collectors. He was a great friend of Sundevall and Wahlberg, 

 the latter of whom named a Glossy Starling Lamprotornis mevesi* from 

 Damara Land. One of my first thoughts on being appointed to the 

 Museum was to get together a good collection of Swedish birds, as being 

 the typical species described by Linnajus. I therefore applied to my pld 

 correspondent, Meves, from whom I had had much help when compiling 

 the "Birds of Europe," and he sent over a nice series of the common birds 

 of Sweden, in various stages of plumage. 



Meyer (Dr. A. B.). 



See Gerrard. 

 The Museum was able to acquire a few duplicate specimens from 

 Dr. Meyer's celebrated expedition to New Guinea and the Moluccas. A 

 few more were received with the Gould collection. 



Miles (Colonel). 



m birds from Muscat. Presented. [85. 11. 5, 1-52 ; 85. 11. 7, 1-14.] 

 This collection created a great deal of interest amongst ornithologists 

 on its arrival at the British Museum, coming as it did from a locality on 

 the borderland between the Indian and Palajarctic regions. This 

 interesting fact is emphasized by the occurrence of a new Eagle Owl, 

 Buho milesi, allied to the African forms of Bubo, and a Bee-eater, Merops 

 muscatensis, which finds its nearest ally in M. viridis of India and 

 M. cyanophrys of Aden. The collection was described by me in the 

 * Ibis ' for 1888 (pp. 162-168, pi. vi.). 



Milne (Professor). 



See Janson, E. W. 

 When studying volcanic action in Japan, Professor Milne sent home 

 some collections of animals which were offered to the British Museum, 

 and we obtained some interesting birds. 



* The English name for this bird must be Meves' Starling, not Meve's 

 Starling, as given in the " Fauna of S. Africa," Birds, i., p. 32. 



