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species mentioned above, as well as examples of Pionopsittacus pulcher 

 and Turdus daguse, Berlepsch, which had been described from Western 

 Colombia subsequently to his visit to that country. During this second 

 expedition Mr. Rosenberg met with several species previously unrecorded 

 from Ecuador, and thereby established the close affinity of the Avifauna 

 of N.W. Ecuador with that of Colombia. 



On his departure from Ecuador, Mr. Rosenberg arranged for further 

 collections to be sent from that country by two of his friends, Mr, G. 

 Flemming and Mr. R. Miketta, from whom he has received several 

 consignments containing species of very great interest. Among them 

 were the following, which were new to science : — Neocrex uniformis, 

 Hartert (Nov. Zool,, viii., p. 369, 1901) ; Automolus pallidigularis 

 albidior, Hartert (t.c, p. 369) ; Sderurus mexicanus obscurior (id., Nov. 

 Zool., ix., p. 370, 1901) ; Pittasoma rufopileatum, Hartert (Nov. Zool., 

 viii., 370, 1901) ; Euphoniafulvicrissapurpurascens, Hartert (^.c, p. 370) ; 

 Dacnis berlepscJu, Rothsch. and Hartert (Bull. B.O.C., xi., pp. 44, 70, 

 1901); Grallaria parumbsR, Rothsch. (Bull. B.O.C., xi., p. 36, 1900). 



Many duplicates from the above-mentioned collections have passed 

 into the collection of the British Museum, including specimens of some 

 of the new species, but the complete set is to be found in the Tring 

 Museum. 



Ross (Bernard R.). 



^ee also Murray, A. 



139 specimens of birds, 39 eggs, and 16 nests collected during the 

 exploration of the Mackenzie River. Presented. [63, 1. 28, 1-194.] 



Many specimens from Fort Simpson. This is still the only collection 

 which the Museum possesses from Western Canada. 



Ross {Sir John Clark). 



See Admiralty, Lords of the. 

 Voyages of H.M.SS. Enterprise and Investigator, Erebus and Terror. 



Rothery (H. C). 



32 specimens of birds from Cayenne. Presented. [45. 5. 1, 16-68.] 

 (Cy. Diet. Nat. Biogr., xlv., p. 309.) 



Rothschild {Hon. L. Walter), Ph.D., M.P. 



3 specimens of Nyroca ferina from Tring Reservoir. Presented, [85. 

 4. 15, 1-3.] 



13 specimens of birds, mostly new to the collection of the British 

 Museum. Received in exchange. [95. 10. 17, 1-13.] 



This collection added many species of extreme value and rarity to the 

 Museum collection, among them being examples of (Estrelata nigripennis, 

 (E. gularis, Diomedea hulleri, D. immutabilis, Thalassogeron salvini, 

 Pteridophora alberti, Bowdleria caudata, Miro dannefordi, Traversia 

 lyalli. 



4 specimens of birds from Laysan and Rarotonga Islands. Received 

 in exchange. [96. 1, 8, 1-4.] Three species new to the Museum 

 collection {Aplonis cinerascens, Telespiza cantans, Himationefreethi). 



8 specimens of Humming-Birds from Ecuador, Presented. [96. 2. 

 11, 1-8.] 



97 Humming-Birds from Mexico, and from Ecuador. Presented. 

 [96. 5. 3, 1-97.] 



