502 Zoology. 



The U.S. National Museum, like the Smithsonian Institution, has 

 always been a steadfast friend of the British Museum, and the above 

 collections were sent to aid the production of the " Catalogue of Birds." 



Upcher (H. M.). 



11 birds from Buenos Aires. Presented. [97. 3. 16, 1-11.] 



Mr. Upcher is a well-known Norfolk naturalist. He was one of the 



early members of the British Ornithologists' Union, and accompanied 



Canon Tristram on one of his expeditions to Palestine. 

 Cf. " Who's Who," 1905, p. 1637. 



Ussher (Herbert Taylor), C.M.G. 

 See also Gerrard, E, 

 8 birds from Lagos. Purchased. [74. 2. 21, 27-34.] 

 144 birds from Lumbidan and Brunei, N.W. Borneo and Labuan 

 Island. Purchased. [77. 9. 27, 1-144.] 



This collection contained the types of Lobiophasis castaneicaudatus. 

 Pitta ussheri, and Gypselus lowi, described by me in the ' Proceedings ' of 

 the Zoological Society for 1877 and 1879. 



7 birds from Sarawak and tlie Lawas Piiver. Presented. [78. 5. 4, 

 1-7.] 



3 birds from Lawas Eiver and Labuan. Presented. [78. 5. 30, 1-3.] 

 Governor Ussher was an enthusiastic naturalist, and collected in 

 most of the colonies of which he was the head. Wheu Governor of the 

 Gold Coast he made extensive collections in the interior, employing a 

 native hunter and skinner named Aubinn in the forests of Denkera. 

 Many new species were discovered by him, and his collections were 

 divided between Capt. Shelley and myself. When appointed to Labuan, 

 he made great exertions to discover the exact relation of the avifauna of 

 the island to that of the opposite coast, and sent home valuable collections, 

 which I described in the ' Ibis ' for 1879. 



Ussher (R. J.). 



5 birds from Algeria. Presented. [1905. 4. 17, 1-5.] 



Van Dam (D. C). 



15 birds from Eeunion. Presented. [73. 5. 9, 9-23.] 

 Van Dam was the companion of Pollen on the latter's expedition to 

 Madagascar. I met him in Leyden in 1873, and he gave me a few 

 specimens from Eeunion, which he had procured on that expedition. 



Vaughan (Lieut.). 



7 specimens (in spirits) of Tatare vaugliani, Sharpe, Bull. B.O.C., 

 xi., p. 2 (1900), from Pitcairn Island. Presented. [1900. 11. 25, 1-7.] 



Veitch (Harry). 



77 birds from the Lawas Eiver and Mount Kina Balu in N.W. Borneo, 

 as well as the Salu Islands, collected by Mr. F. Burbidge. Presented. 

 [83. 9. 20, 1-77.] 



Mr. Burbidge was a botanical collector sent out to Borneo by the great 

 firm of horticulturists. He made some good observations on the bird-life 

 of the country, and discovered three new species, Tanygnathus hurhidyei, 

 Buchunga stigmatops, and Oallus stramineicoUis. Vf. Sharpe, P.Z.S., 

 1879, pp. 311-317 ; Salvad., Cat. B., xx., p. 432, pi. xi. 



8 specimens from the Arfak Mts. in N.W. New Guinea, one, Oreocharis 

 arfahi, being new to the collection. Presented. [94. 2. 16, 1-8.] 



