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Ramage (G. A.). 



See Royal Society. 



Ramsay {Br. E. P.). 



A skin and skull of the Tooth-billed Bower-bird (Scenopmus denti- 

 rostris), new to the collection. Presented. [83. 11. 16, 1, 2.] 



19 specimens from the Solomon Islands. Presented. [95. 12. 24, 

 1-19.] 



In exchange for specimens from the British Museum, Dr. Ramsaj-- 

 presented several rare birds from the Solomon Islands, amongst them the 

 types (or co-types) of BJdpidura ruhrofrontata, Pachycephala collaris and 

 Aplonis feadensis. 



While Director of the Australian Museum at Sydney, Dr. Ramsay 

 raised the status of that Museum to the first rank among the natural 

 history institutions in the Southern Hemisphere. He assisted me always, 

 but especially when I was writing my first book, the " Monograph of the 

 Kingfishers," when I exchanged my collection of British birds' eggs with 

 him for specimens of Australian Kingfishers, which were of great service 

 to me at the time. 



Ramsay {Colonel R. G. Wardlaw). 



103 birds from Sumatra (C. Bock), Karen Hills, Burma, and other 

 parts of the Indian Empire. Presented. [80. 4. 21, 1-12 ; 80. 10. 19, 

 1-54 ; 81. 7. 29, 1-17 ; 83. 2. 6, 1-13 ; 83. 11. 6, 1-7.] 



These were duplicates from his collection, and among them were a 

 number of species unrepresented in the British Museum. Colonel Wardlaw 

 Ramsay presented many rare specimens of birds which were much wanted 

 for description in the " Catalogue of Birds," and he lent me specimens on 

 all occasions. 



20,186 specimens of Asiatic Birds. The Tweeddale Collection. 



On the death of his uncle, the 9th Marquess of Tweeddale, he received, 

 as a bequest, the magni6cent collection of Asiatic birds formed by the 

 Marquess, together with the unique Tweeddale library of scientific books. 

 In the year 1887, Colonel Wardlaw Ramsay presented the whole of this 

 great collection and library to the nation. 



806 Accipitres [Tweeddale collection]. Presented. [87. 11. 1, 1-806.] 



Contained types of Spilornis pallidus and Poliohierax insignis. 

 Spizaetus pliilippensis new to the collection. 



350 Striges [Tweeddale collection]. Presented. [87. 11. 11, 1-350.] 



Types of Scops everetti, Ninox spilocephala, N. odiosa, and Pseudoptynx 

 gurneyi. 



1355 Corvidx, Dlcruridx, Oriolidx, etc. [Tweeddale collection]. Pre- 

 sented. [87. 11. 20, 1-1355.] 



Types of Corone pusilla, Manucodia comrii, Oriolus celehensis, 0. 

 palawanensis, 0. assimilis, 0. consohrinus, 0. consanguineits, Dicrurus 

 mirabilis, Chibia palawanensis, G. Ixmosticta, C. sunatrana, JBuchanga 

 chapmMni, B. mouhoti, B. wallacei. 



207 Eurylxmidx and Pittidse [Tweeddale collectio.n], including the 

 type of Hydrornis soror. Presented. [87. 12. 1, 1-207.] 



1404 Campophagidx and Muscicapidx [Tweeddale collection]. Pre- 

 sented. [87. 12. 30' 1-1404.] 



Types of Edoliisoma alteruma, E. mindanense, Terpsiphone nicdbarica, 

 Cyanomyins ccelestis, Ahrornis chryssea, Piezorhynclms verticalis, Sloparola 

 sordida, Siphia herioti, Niltara cucopraeta, Myiagra tannensis, and Gery- 

 gone simplex. 



