Birds. 493 



Stoliczka {Dr. R). 



6 birds from the N.W. Himalayas. Presented. [67. 9. 24, 1-6.] 

 Cf. Pelzeln, Ibis, 1868, pp. 302-321. 



Dr. Stoliczka travelled in many parts of India and the Malay 

 Peninsula, and collected everywhere. He was also attached to the Second 

 Yarkand Mission and made a valuable collection of birds. 



Cf. Ibis, 1866, p. 412, 1868, p. 302, 1869, p. 208, 1871, p. 474 ; Journal 

 of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1870, p. 277, 1872, p. 120 ; Stray Feathers, 

 i., p. 425 ; i., p. 461, 462 ; iii., pp. 251-220. 



Cf. Obituary, Ibis, 1874, pp. 470, 471 ; Stray Feathers, ii., pp. 2-3. 



Stone (OcTAvius C). 



25 specimens from S.E. New Guinea. Purchased. [77. 2. 9, 1-25.] 

 Mr. Stone's collection was described by me (Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., 

 xiii., pp. 486-505), and the following new species were described : Spheco- 

 theres salvadorii, Dicseuvi rubrocoronatum, u^lurcedus stonei, Qerygone 

 cinerascens and lanthxnas rawlinsoni ( = Cohimba alhigularis, Bp. cf. 

 Salvad., Cat. B., xxi., p. 313). Cf. " A few months in New Guinea," 

 by 0. C. Stone, 8vo, London, 1880, 258 pp. 



Strachan (LieuL-CoL). 



18 birds from the River Gambia. Presented. [76. 6. 1, 1-18.J 



Strader (Dr.). 



See Gerbaed, E. 



Strange (F.). 



Collected in New Zealand and Australia, and made beautiful skins. I 

 have not been able to find out any records of his career, but I can 

 remember that Mr. Gould always spoke of him with high appreciation as 

 a collector. 



Stuart (H. E. Johnstone). 



Two specimens of the Nubian Bustard (Lissotis nubci) from the 

 Egyptian Sudan. Presented. [1904. 8. 9, 1-2.] 



Sturt {Capt. Charles). 



124 birds from the interior of Australia, including the typo of 

 Gindosoma cinnamormum, Gould. Presented. [46. 5. 22, 1-124.] 



These specimens were procured by Captain Sturt on his adventurous 

 journey into the interior of the Australian continent {cf. Diet. Nat. 

 Biogr., Iv., p. 136). 



Sturt {Gen. Napier), C.B. 



28 specimens from India and Abyssinia. Presented. [78. 3. 8, 1-28.] 

 General Sturt served in the expedition to Magdala, and procured some 



si^ecies of birds which supplemented the collections made by Dr. Blanford 



and Mr. Jesse. These he presented to the Museum. 



Styan (F. W.). 



23 specimens from Shanghai and Szechuen. Presented. [87. 3. 8, 

 1-23.] 



Types of Pomatorhinus styani and Trochalopteram cinereiceps, new 

 to the Museum. 



