G36 Letters, Extracts, Notices, §c. 



Mr. R. M. Hawker ; 212 birds from Nyasaland, presented 

 by Sir Alfred Sharpe, K.C.M.G. ; (58 birds from New 

 Guinea, including examples of two species new to the 

 Collection, presented by Capt. F. R. Barton ; 485 birds and 

 102 eggs from Fohkien, presented by Mr. C. B. Ricketts ; 

 an example of the nearly extinct Antarctic Merganser 

 (Merganser australis) from Auckland Island, presented by 

 Lieut. Kennett Dixon, R.N. ; 2220 eggs from Eastern Asia, 

 Australia, and North America, presented by Mr. W. II. 

 Radcliffe Saunders, C.E. ; 3 specimens of the Sicilian Long- 

 tailed Titmouse (Acredula sicula), presented by Mr. J. I. S. 

 Whitaker; the types of 17 new species of birds from Mount 

 Ruwenzori and the Toro forests, presented by Mr. F. J. 

 Jackson, C.B.; 118 birds from the vicinity of Buenos Ayres, 

 presented by Mr. Ernest Gibson ; 32 specimens of Birds of 

 Prey from Western Australia, presented by the Perth 

 Museum; 617 birds from Western Yunnan, including the 

 types of several new species, presented by Col. C. Rippon ; 

 8 Bean and Pink-footed Geese from Holland, presented by 

 Mr. T. M. Pike and Mr. H. Leybourne Popham ; 20 birds 

 from the Liu-kiu Islands, presented by the Hon. N. C. 

 Rothschild ; 10 birds from Australia, including an example 

 of Pseudogerygone tenebrosa, presented by Mr. Robert Hall ; 

 60 birds from the Egyptian Sudan, presented by Capt. H. 

 N. Dunn ; 46 eggs from various localities received in ex- 

 change from Mr. H. E. Dresser; 7 birds from the Caspian, 

 including examples of Bemicla ruficollis and Anser rhodo- 

 rhynclms, received in exchange from Mr. S. Neroutcheff ; 

 2300 birds from Ecuador, collected by the late P. O. Simons, 

 purchased ; 231 birds from Cameroon, collected by Mr. G. 

 L. Bates, purchased; 1)1 birds from Harar, collected by 

 M. P. Zaphiro, purchased ; 91 birds from Cyprus, collected 

 by Mr. C. Glassner, purchased ; 87 eggs from Assam, 

 collected by Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker, purchased; and 160 

 birds from the Yemen frontier, collected by Mr. C. W. Bury, 

 purchased. 



In the report of the Geological Department we are told 

 that important bird-bones from Madagascar, received in the 

 last " Sikora" Collection, have been registered and arranged 



