Birds. 507 



A specimen of the Shoe-billed Stork (Balxniceps rex) from Lake 

 Mweru, British Central Africa. Presented. [1900. 2. 26, 1.] 



Warsaw, Branicki Museum. 



51 birds from Siberia and Peru, including the following species 

 new to the collection, Poecile brevirostris, P. ohtecta, P. kamtchatkensis, 

 Pyrrhula cinerea, Sitta amurensis, Acrocephalus bistrigiceps, Thinocorus 

 orbignianus, Orallaria andicola, Fulica gigantea, Penelope rufiventris 

 and Vanellus resplendens. Received in exchange. [74. 5. 19, 8-57.] 



Warwick. 



326 birds from various localities. Purchased. [30. 12. 18, 1-24; 

 41. 2. 302-401; 44. 6. 2, 34-44; 44. 10. 19, 1-59; 44. 11. 15, 10-35; 

 44. 12. 29, 2-25 ; 45. 3. 6, 5-7.] 



23 birds from South Australia and Port Natal. Purchased. [45. 3. 15, 

 26-39 ; 45. 4. 5, 3-11.] 



41 birds from various localities. Purchased. _^ [46. 1. 31, 61-67; 

 46. 4. 8, 8-42.] 



35 birds from Java. Purchased. [46. 11. 24, 3-37.] 



161 skeletons of birds and 136 eggs. Purchased. [46. 12. 4, 1-29 ; 



48. 3. 8, 1-39; 50. 12. 28, 1-29; 51. 7. 5, 5-12; 51. 9. 26, 1-35; 

 52. 2. 20, 1-14; 52. 5. 10, 6-10; 52. 6. 4, 1-20; 52. 7. 22, 1-10; 



52. 11. 22, 1-38 ; 52. 12. 5, 16-20 ; 53. 1. 18, 4-29 ; 53. 5. 4, 20-35 ; 



53. 7. 12, 7-13, 16-17 ; 53. 10. 13, 1-19 ; 53. 10. 23, 3-14.] 



222 birds from various localities. Purchased. [49. 11. 21, 1-7 ; 



49. 12. ;4, 1-24 ; 50. 8. 15, 11-161 ; 51. 1. 24, 1-36 ; 50. 4. 11, 1-12 ; 

 51. 7. 4, 1-2.] 



93 birds from various localities. Purchased. [52. 11. 22, 40-52; 

 55. 8. 31, 1-15; 55. 10. 4, 1-2; 55. 11. 20, 1-9; 57. 3. 8, 1-14; 

 58. 1. 11, 38-77.] 



Waterstadt (John). 

 ;See Gerrard, E. 

 [For descriptions of his collections sent from the Moluccas, cf. Hartert, 

 Nov. Zool., v., pp. 88-91 (1898); ix., pp. 537-580 (1902); x., pp. 1-17 

 (1903); pp. 43-64.] 



Watkins and Doncaster {Messrs.). 



15 birds from N. Cachar, collected by Mr. J. Inglis (j.v.). Purchased. 

 [81. 10. 17, 1-15.] 



Watling (T.). 



See pp. 



Watson (J.). 



50 birds from the neighbourhood of David, Chiriqui. Purchased. 

 [98. 10. 7, 1-19 ; 98. 11. 23, 1-31.] 



Way {Colonel). 



85 birds from N.W. India. Presented. [81. 9. 20, 1-85.] 



Webb. 



23 birds from the vicinity of Shanghai, including the type of Suthora 

 webUana. Presented. [52, 3. 19, 2-24.] 



Webster (F. B.) and Harris (C. M.). 



718 specimens from the Webster-Harris expedition to the Galapagos 

 Archipelago {cf. Rothschild^ Nov. Zool.). Purchased. [99. 9. 1 1-718.] 



