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following six species which do not appear to have been pre- 

 viously recorded by him or by others as occurring there : — 



Eversmann's Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis), Sedge- 

 \Varbler(/J crocephalusphraymitis) ,Swu\[o\v(Hirundo rustica), 

 Rook (Cervus frugilegus), Hen-Harrier (Circus cyaneus), 

 Golden Eagle (Ayuila chrys actus). 



Yours, &c. 



Henry Pearson, 

 Bvamcote, Notts. J. P. Chawortii Musters. 

 19th September, 1903. 



Report of the British Museum (Natural History) for 1902. 

 — The Annual Report to Parliament on the progress of the 

 British Museum contains much that is interesting concerning 

 the great National Collection of Birds, from which we 

 extract the following particulars : — 



Among the " publications in preparation " are announced 

 vols. iv. and v. of the ' Hand-list of Birds/ by Dr. R. 

 Bowdler Sharpe, and vols. iii. and iv. of the 'Catalogue of 

 Birds' Eggs' — vol. iii. prepared by Mr. E. W. Oates and 

 Capt. Savile Reid and vol. iv. by Capt. Savile Reid. These 

 works are of primary importance to all ornithologists and 

 their completion is anxiously awaited. 



A large series of the eggs of the Guillemot (Uria troile) 

 lias been placed in the " Index Museum/' in order to shew 

 the great variation in shape, ground-colour, and markings 

 of the egg which may occur in a single species of Bird. 



Under the heading " Aves" we are informed that the re- 

 arrangement of the specimens in the Public Gallery has 

 been "greatly retarded by want of funds." The remounting 

 of the Birds of Prey and Owls has been completed, and 

 many of the British Passeres have been replaced by more 

 artistically mounted specimens. The preparation of these 

 has been carried out by Mr. Cullingford of Durham. 



The accessions to the bird-collection during the past year 

 amounted to 8(528, among which the following are men- 

 tioned as worthy of special notice: — 162 birds from New 

 Zciland and the Cook Islands, presented by the Earl of 

 Ranf'urly ; 48 birds from Mashonaland, presented by Mr. J. 

 Efolliot Darling; 48 birds from the Sudan, presented by 



