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Newnes {Sir George), Bart, 



186 birds and eggs from Victoria Land. Presented. [1901. 1. 5, 

 1-64; 1901. 1. 7, 1-104; 1901. 2. 5, 1-6; 1901. 12. 1, 1-12.] 



This is the collection made by the late Nikolai Hanson and Mr. Hugh 

 Evans on the expedition of the Southern Cross, and described in the 

 " Keport on the collections of Natural History " from that voyage (Avcs, 

 pp. 106-172, pis. vii.-x.), published by the Trustees in 1902. 



Newton (Professor Alfred), F.B.S. 



21 specimens from the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix in the 

 West Indies. Presented. [59. 3. 25, 7-27.] 



An account of the birds collected in St. Croix by Professor Newton 

 and his brother. Sir Edward Newton, is published in the * Ibis ' for 1859 

 (pp. 59-69, pi. i., 138-150, 252-264, 365-379, pi. xii.). 



For the scientific work of this celebrated British ornithologist, see 

 * Who's Who,' 1905, p. 1186, from which publication I have extracted 

 the following notes : — 



Professor Newton was a Travelling Fellow of Magdalene College, 

 Cambridge, 1854-63, visiting Lapland, Iceland, West India Islands, and 

 North America; re-elected Fellow, 1877 ; in 1864 accompanied Mr. (now 

 Sir) Edward Birkbeck to Spitsbergen ; brought the subject of Bird Pro- 

 tection before British Association, 1868; for several years Chairman of 

 the Close-time Committee, during which time were passed the first three 

 Acts of Parliament for Protection of Birds ; gave especial attention to expir- 

 ing faunas of Mascarene and Sandwich Islands ; Chairman many years of 

 British Association Migration of Birds Committee ; has been Vice- 

 President of the Royal and (frequently) Zoological Society ; President of 

 Cambridge Philosophical Society ; awarded gold medal of Linnean Society, 

 and one of the Royal medals adjudged by the Royal Society, 1900. 

 Publications : " The Zoolosy of Ancient Europe," 1862 ; " The Ornithology 

 of Iceland " (Appendix to Mr. Baring-Gould's work on that island, 1863) ; 

 "Ootheca WoUeyana," 1864-1902; "Aves in the Record of Zoological 

 Literature " (vols, i.-vi.) ; " Zoology," 1874 (2nd ed., 1894) ; " Birds of 

 Greenland " (Arctic Manual, 1875) ; " A Dictionary of Birds " (1893-96) ; 

 numerous contributions to scientific journals and articles in " Encyclo- 

 pasdia Britannica," 9th ed. ; editor of the " Ibis," new series, 1865-70 ; 

 "The Zoological Record," 1870-72 ; " Yarrell's British Birds" 4th ed., 

 vols. i. ii., 1871-82. 



NicoU (Michael J.) 



An enthusiastic young observer who has accompanied the Earl of 

 Crawford's voyages round the world, as naturalist on board the Valhalla 

 (1902-3) (1903-4) (1905-6). He was born at Bepton in Sussex in 1880, 

 and takes great interest in the birds of his native county, 

 ^ee Crawford, Earl of. 



Nicholson (Francis). 



31 birds from Heligoland. Presented. [76. 11. 28, 1-31.] 



Mr. Nicholson is a very zealous ornithologist, and formed one of our 



party when I accompanied Mr. Seebohm on his well-known journey to 



Heligoland (cf. ' Ibis,' 1877, pp. 156-165). 



69 birds from Abeokuta, West Africa. Presented. [77. 11. 25, 1-69.] 

 These birds were collected by Mr. Robin and were described by 



Mr. Nicholson in the " Proceedings " of the Zoological Society in 1878 



(pp. 128-131, pi. X.). Estrilda sharpei was described as new : it has 



