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Lundy Island by the late Mr. F. H. Woodforde, between the 

 years 1837 and 1867. In the greater number of cases both 

 male and female are represented. The chief interest of the 

 collection lies in the birds being all British examples, and in 

 the number of rare species included. Of these some, e. g. the 

 golden oriole, chough, hoopoe, marsh-harrier, hen-harrier, 

 kite, honey-buzzard, osprey, bittern, curlew-sandpiper, though 

 formerly abundant and for the most part breeding in Britain, 

 are now either very rare, occasional specimens only being 

 taken, or, as in the case of the chough, very local. Others, 

 e. g. the buff-breasted sandpiper and Bartram's sandpiper, are 

 exceedingly rare visitors, very few specimens having ever been 

 secured. The pair of marsh warblers, obtained about the year 

 1862, are said to be the first of this species to be recorded in 

 Britain. 



This collection has been placed in the Museum on loan fur 

 a period of ten years, at the end of which time, if not claimed 

 by Mr. Woodfordc's son, the whole will become the property of 

 the University. In the latter event this collection will form 

 a valuable accession to the very incomplete Museum scries 

 illustrating British ornithology, and will fill many of the gaps 

 in the collection. 



The Hope Library. 

 Mr. F. C. Woodforde has very kindly helped the Professor, 

 as in 1910, in drawing up the following list of the important 

 and numerous accessions presented in 191 1. 



Donations. 

 The following publications and Reports were presented : — 

 Bombay Natural History Society : the publications for 



1911. 

 British Museum, Trustees of the : — 



Catalogue of the Lcpidoptera Phalaenac in the British 

 Museum, vol. x, with Supplementary volume of plates 

 CXLVIII-CLXXIII, by Sir George F. Hampson. 

 A Handbook of the Tsetse-flies (Glossina), by E. E. 

 Austen. 



