Birds. 479 



29 birds from Cookham, collected by me in July 1874. Presented. 

 [74. 8. 5, 1-29.] 



61 birds from Pagham Harbour, Sussex. Presented. [74. 10. 12, 

 14-74.] 



51 specimens from Sweden. Presented. [74. 11. 26, 1-51.] 



This collection was made by Mr. W. Meves, and contained a numl)er of 

 beautifully prepared skins of birds, illustrating many of the changes of 

 plumage. A series of Swedish birds is absolutely essential to the student 

 of Palajarctic Ornithology, as Linnajus was a Swede himself, and the 

 names of his common species were founded on Swedish examples. 



126 birds, nests, and eggs from the island of Labuan, collected by Sir 

 Hugh Low. Presented. [74. 12. 1, 1-104 ; 74. 12. 9, 1-17 ; 74. 12. 19, 

 1-5.] 



120 birds and eggs from the neighbourhood of Constantinople, collected 

 by Mr. T. Kobson. Presented. [75. 1. 28, 1-11; 75. 4. 27, 1-28; 

 75. 5. 8, 1-14 ; 75. 5. 21, 11-34; 77. 10. 11, 1-43.] 



63 birds from various localities, mostly from Mr. Basil Brooke's 

 Sardinian collection. Presented. [75. 3. 31, 1-5 ; 75. 5. 5, 1-58.] 



24 specimens from Kashmir. Presented. [75. 5. 29, 3-26. ] 



8 specimens from Greenland. Presented. [75. 9. 18, 7-14.] 



42 birds from Yarkand, collected by Colonel Chapman, including 

 specimens of Turdus mystacinus, Severtz., and Accentor fulvescens, 

 Severtz., new to the Museum. Presented. [75. 9. 24, 1-42,] 



19 specimens, mostly Wading Birds, from Muddiford Harbour, Christ- 

 churcb, Hants, Presented, [75. 10. 12, 5-19.] 



86 specimens from Nazeerab, Upper Assam, collected by Reid. 

 Presented. [75. 10. 19, 1-86.] 



34 specimens from various localities. Presented. [75. 11, 4, 5-11 ; 

 75. 12. 31, 1-5; 77. 5, 24, 1-18.] 



12 specimens from the Astor Valley, Cashmere. Presented. [70. 12. 5, 

 1-12.] 



43 specimens, mostly Sylviidse, from Putchefstroom, Transvaal. Pre 

 sented. [77. 5, 30, 1-9; 77, 7. 10, 1-34.] 



32 birds from Avington, Hampshire, . Presented. [77. 6, 13, 1-32.] 

 43 specimens, mostly Accipitres, from various localities. Presented. 



[77. 8. 16, 1-37 ; 77, 8, 28, 1-6.] The rare Harpogus fasciatus from 



Mexico was new to the Museum. 



157 birds from various localities. Presented. [77. 8. 29, 1-8 ; 77, 



10. 23, 1-36; 77. 11, 17, 54-86; 77. 12. 6, 19-65; 78, 2, 13, 1-01; 

 78, 11. 14, 1-19.] 



Several interesting species added to the M.use\iva, Pinarolestes vitiensis, 

 Ptilotis provocator, Culicipeta tephrocephala, etc. 



43 birds from the neighbourhood of Constantinople, collected by Mr. 

 W. Pearce, Presented. [77. 10. 11, 1-43.] 



34 birds from the United States. Presented. [78. 1. 21, 3-36.] 



45 birds from various localities. Presented. [79. 2. 20, 1-11 ; 81. 3. 



11, 1-10 ; 83. 10. 9, 1-24.] 



12 birds from Quilombo, Angola, collected by A. H. Heath. Presented. 

 [81. 4. 19, 1-12.] 



110 birds from various localities. Presented. [81. 5. 24, 1-9 ; 

 81, 10. 25, 1-52 ; 82. 1. 10, 1-28 ; 82. 9. 17, 1-14 ; 83. 9. 21, 1-7.] 



12 birds from Romney Marsh, etc. Presented. [83. 8. 10, 1-7 ; 

 83. 10. 8, 1-5.] 



179 birds, nests, and eggs from Brighton, collected by R. B. S., 

 W. Swaysland and Henry Swaysland. Presented. [83. 11. 23, 1-21 ; 



