480 Zoology. 



84. 2. 1, 1-40; 84. 4. 17, 1-12; 84. 4. 18, 1-10; 85. 1. 5, 1-11 ; 86. 1. 

 21, 1-6 ; 92. 7. 7, 1-23.] 



131 birds from various localities. Presented. [84. 1. 30, 1-104 ; 

 84. 2. 25, 1-27.] 



27 specimens of the Pied Wagtail {Motacilla liiguhris) from Cookham, 

 Brighton, etc. Presented. [84. 2. 4, 1-20.] 



107 specimens of Motacillidx (Wagtails and Pipits). Presented. 

 [84. 3. 6, 1-107.] 



274 birds from various localities. Presented. [84. 5. 8, 1-20 ; 84. 9, 

 1, 19-95 ; 84. 9. 24, 1-125.] 



65 birds from the United States. Presented. [84. 9. 28, 1-10; 



84. 10. 5, 1-55.] 



147 birds from various parts of Great Britain and North America. 

 Presented. [84. 11. 25, 1-127 ; 84. 12. 17, 1-20.] 



56 specimens, mostly from Natal. Presented. [85. 1. 3, 1-56.] 

 125 specimens from various localities. Presented. [85. 1. 6, 1-41 ; 



85. 3. 13, 1-26 ; 85. 4. 14, 1-30 ; 85. 7. 16, 1-28.] 



A great many of these were British species collected by me at 

 Cookham, Brighton, Eomney Marsh, etc. 



325 specimens from various localities, mostly Finches (FringilUdie). 

 Presented. [82. 3. 30, 1-123; 85. 2. 20, 1-52; 85. 11. 18, 1-98; 



86. 10. 20, 1-52 .] 



650 specimens from various localities, Ceylon, Malacca, South Africa, 

 Shoa, etc. Presented. [85. 7. 24, 1-208; 85. 9. 1, 1-248; 86. 1. 4, 

 1-12; 86. 7. 7, 1-21; 86. 9. 14, 5-10; 86. 12. 20, 1-52; 87. 5. 3, 

 1-104.] 



Amongst these collections were some rare species new to the Museum, 

 such as Cerchneis alopex, Heugl., etc. 



45 specimens, mostly Sturnidx. Presented. [87. 3. 25, 1-22 ; 

 88. 8. 27, 1-23.] 



19 birds from Swan River, West Australia. Presented. [88. 6. 18, 

 1-19.] 



20 specimens of Larks {Alaudidse) from the Transvaal, Orange Eiver 

 Colony, and Natal. Presented. [88. 6. 26, 1-20.] 



14 birds from New Britain and Duke of York Islands. Pi'esented. 

 [88. 6. 28, 1-14.] 



206 Starlings from the neighbourhood of Brighton. Presented. [89. 

 1. 1, 1-206.] 



When writing the 13th volume of the " Catalogue of Birds," I made 

 a large collection of the Common Starling from every locality I could 

 think of, in order to X)rove, if possible, the question of the influx of the 

 Siberian Starling (Sturnus menzhierl) into Western Europe, and 

 especially its appearance in Great Britain. At Brighton I received great 

 assistance from the well-known naturalists, Mr. Swaysland and Mr. 

 Brazenor, and the bird-catchers were instructed to note the size of the 

 flocks out of which the specimens were obtained. No practical result 

 came from all this trouble and expenditure, it being impossible to 

 discover, during the season of migration, whether a flock of Starlings 

 on the Brighton Downs had arrived from the north of Europe 

 across the Baltic Sea, or had migrated south from the north and 

 middle of England. The conclusion arrived at was that, while Starlings 

 from Western England were apparently the true Sturnus vtdgai'is, 

 indistinguishable from the typical Swedish bird, a number of those from 

 the east and south of England were intermediate between the true 

 Stin-nus vidgaris and S. menzhieri, being much more purple than green 



