70 Mr. W. L. Sclater — The Indian Museum 



surgeon -naturalist. Tlie first of these, in 1869, readied 

 Momien in Yunnan ; the second, but less successful one, in 

 1874', only got as far as the Kakhyen hills, and had then to 

 return after the murder of Mr. Margery. The results of 

 this expedition were published in a large quarto work entitled 

 'Anatomical and Zoological Researches.' 



(2) The Mergui collection, made by Dr. Anderson in the 

 Mergui archipelago. 



This expedition was undertaken chiefly with the object of 

 collecting marine Invertebrates, but a small collection of 

 birds was made, an account of which will be found, along with 

 the other results of the expedition, in the twenty-first volume 

 of the Linnean Society's ' Journal,' which was specially 

 devoted to this purpose. 



Lieut, -Col. Godwin- Austen, F.R.S., has contrilmted con- 

 siderable collections of birds to the Museum at different times : 

 (1) from the Cachar Hills in 18G8 [cf. J. A. S. B. xxxix. 

 pp. 91, 201) ; (2) from the Duffla Hills, made during the 

 Duffla Expedition in 1874-75, and described in the Asiatic 

 Society's 'Journal' for 187G (xlv. pt. 2, p. 64). 



Messrs. Chennel and Bellety have also sent collections 

 from the Naga and Garo Hills respectively. 



From the Agra district of the North-West Provinces there 

 is a considerable collection, formerly made for the Agra 

 Museum by Mr. A. C. Carllyle. 



Dr. G. E. Dobson, Dr. Armstrong, and Mr. V. Ball have 

 also contributed extensive collections of birds from the Anda- 

 mans, the INIalabar Coast, and Chota Nagpur respectively. 



The collections formed during the expedition of the Afghan 

 Boundary Commission under the naturalist who accompanied 

 it, Dr. Aitchison, were all sent to the British Museum, but a 

 first set of the duplicates has been transferred to the Indian 

 Museum. Subsequently, however, to the departure of Dr. 

 Aitchison, Major C. E. Yate, an officer of the same expedition, 

 made a large collection of birds, which he presented to the 

 Indian Museum. These were named and described in a paper 

 communicated by Dr. J. Scully to the 'Journal' of the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal (Ivi. pt. 2, p. 77). 



