Birds. 503 



Verdey {Madame A.). 



13 birds from Siberia, collected by Dr. Dybowski. Purchased. [75. 

 3. 15, 1-13.] 



25 South American birds, mostly from Cayenne. Presented. [81. 2. 

 26, 1-25.] 



Madame Verdey carried on the business of the Maison Verreaux in 

 Paris after the Verreaux family had given it up. 



Verner {Col. Willoughby). 



4 specimens of the Little Tern from Dungeness. Presented. [87. 7. 

 20, 1-4.] 



25 birds and 19 eggs from the Sudan. Presented. [87. 12. 22, 1-25 ; 

 88. 2. 15, 1-19.] 



5 birds from Crete. Presented. [87. 12. 30, 1-5.] 



Verreaux, Maison. 



84 birds from Gaboon, Cape Colony and Natal. Purchased. [43. 11. 

 17, 1-80 ; 51. 2. 26, 1-4.] 



164 birds from various localities. Purchased. [51. 7. 23, 7-33 ; 

 52. 3. 5, 21-26 ; 52. 5. 12, 1-45 ; 53. 3. 7, 1-11 ; 84. 1. 17, 1-75.1 



52 birds, mostly from Gaboon. Purchased. [54. 5. 23, 1-52.J 



127 birds from various localities. Purchased. [55. 4. 25, 1-37 ; 

 55. 5. 29, 1-8; 55. 7. ]0, 1-40; 55. 9. 4, 1-11; 56. 3. 12, 2-9, 11-13.] 

 Among these was the type of Myiagra modesta, Gray. 



149 birds from various localities, chiefly Central and South America. 

 Purchased. [56. 11. 5, 1-27 ; 56. 12, 17, 1-5 ; 58. 2. 4, 1-48 ; 59. 2. 25, 

 1-48 ; 59. 2. 25, 2-17 ; 59. 6. 28, 5-14 ; 60. 7. 21, 1-17 ; 60. 8. 24, 3-8 ; 

 62. 1. 17, 8-11 ; 62. 2. 11, 1-5; 62. 8. 26, 1-11.] 



18 birds from New Caledonia, Formosa, etc. Purchased. [64. 11. 30, 

 32-49.] 



31 birds from W. Africa, Madagascar, etc. Purchased. [66. 5. 22, 

 1-21 ; 66. 7. 21, 1-10.] 



152 birds from various localities. Purchased. [67. 6. 18, 1-49 ; 

 69. 5. 10, 1-42 ; 70. 4. 18, 1-61.] 



The Maison Verreaux was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, 

 emporium of natural history that the world has ever seen. The three 

 brothers, Jules, Iildouard, and Alexis were collecting in South Africa at 

 the time of Sir Andrew Smith's expeditions, and they mounted the 

 specimens which were afterwards exhibited in London, and ultimately 

 became the property of the British Museum. 



The whole of the beautiful collection formed by the three brothers 

 was lost at sea, and on the return of Jules and Edouard to Paris (Alexis 

 having died in South Africa), the Maison Verreaux was founded. Jules 

 was afterwards Curator of the Ornithological Department of the Paris 

 Museum for many years, and, in his spare time, he determined and 

 labelled the birds in the Maison Verreaux. The specimens were often 

 issued without any exact indication of locality, but had attached to them 

 in Jules' handwriting a large label giving the synonymy from Bonaparte's 

 " Conspectus," without which book Jules never travelled. He possessed an 

 immense knowledge of birds, probably greater than any man of his 

 generation. 



See Dv Chaillu. 



Victoria, Government of. 



58 birds and 226 eags from Victoria. Presented. [1901. 5. 10, 

 1-226 ; 1904. 4. 29, 2-59.] 



