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collection was commenced by Messrs. J. C. and S. Stevens at their rooms 

 in King Street, Covent Garden. The British Museum acquired most of 

 the types, but a few passed into other hands. 



A number of skins from Sir Andrew Smith's early expeditions were 

 in the collections of Sir WiUiam Jardine and Mr. P. J. Selby, but I 

 could not discover whether they were sent direct to these gentlemen by the 

 explorer, or whether they were purchased at the sale above mentioned. 



Sir Andrew published a big work, entitled " Illustrations of the 

 Zoology of South Africa, consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of 

 the objects of Natural History collected during an expedition into the 

 interior of South Africa in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836 ; titted out by 

 the ' Cape of Good Hope Association for exploring Central Africa,' " 4to, 

 London, 1838-1848 (Aves, plates 1-114). 



Cf. Diet. Nat. Biogr., liii., p. 15. 



Smith {Br. A. Donaldson). 



23 tyi^es of new species, collected in Somali Land. 



The collection made by Dr. Donaldson Smith was a very important 

 one. It was worked out and described by myself (cf. Sharpe, P.Z.S., 

 1895, pp. 457-520, pis, xxvii., xxviii.), and the types of the new species 

 Y "V(r were generously presented to the Museum by the explorer. 

 '\ pT, The new species were described by me in the Vol. iv, of the 



"^ ''• " Bulletin of the British Ornithological Club," and were as follows : — 

 Spizocorys personata, Alaudula somalica, Dryoscopus rnfinuchalis, Nilaus 

 minor, Bradyornis pumilus, Melsenornis schistacea, Eremomela 

 flavicrissatis, Oisticola somalica, Fycnonotus dodsoni, Phyllostrophus 

 pauper, Argya saturata, Turacus donaldsoni, Loplwceros medianus, 

 L. sibbensis. 



104 specimens collected on Dr. Donaldson Smith's expedition to Lake 

 Kudolf. Presented. [1901. 6. 15, 1-104.] 



Many interesting species added to the Museum, including the types of 

 Cossypha omoensis, Sharpe, and Ploceipasser donaldsoni, Sharpe. The 

 collection was described by me in the " Proceedings " of the Zoological 

 Society for 1901 (pp. 602-622, pi. xxxvi). 



Smith (Dr. A. Donaldson), Farnum (J. E.), and Parnum 

 (G. L.). 



74 birds from the Khingan Mountains in Mongolia. Presented. 

 [98. 11. 15, 1-74.] 



This collection was described by me in the "Ornis" for 1901 

 (cf. Sharpe, Ornis, xi., pp. 155-172). 



Smith (F. C). 



8 birds, collected by the Rev. E. H. Hubbard at Nassa, in Speke Gulf, 

 Victoria Nyanza, containing the type of FrancoUnus hubhardi. Grant. 

 Purchased. [95. 3. 3, 1-8.] 



7 birds, nests and eggs from Bathurst, Gambia. Presented. [1905. 

 9. 3, 1-7.] 



Smith (H.) 



3 specimens of the Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) from Newtonmore, 

 Scotland. Presented. [1905. 9. 8, 1-3.] 



Smith (Metcalfe). 



93 birds from Australia, mostly from Queensland. Presented. [95. 

 4. 2, 1-7 ; 99. 2. 10, 1-43.] 



