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appeased by tlie publication of a manual of New-Zealand 

 ornitholog}^ (under the auspices of the Geological-Survey 

 Department), the materials for which will be drawn from Dr. 

 Buller's present work, the plates being reduced for that pur- 

 pose by a process of photolithography. We have seen a 

 specimen plate, and can speak of it as being highly creditable 

 to colonial art. 



The Birds of the British Museum. — We extract the sub- 

 joined Report on the additions to the collection of birds in 

 the British Museum during the past financial year from the 

 Report of the Trustees just presented to Parliament. 



The total number of acquisitions amounts to 2500, in- 

 cluding eggs. One hundred and ten species were entirely 

 new to the collection. The following accessions may be spe- 

 cially mentioned : — 



A series of British birds, with their nests, eggs, and young ; 

 presented by Lord W^alsingham. 



A specimen of Leach's Petrel, caught in the neighbourhood 

 of Woolwich ; presented by Mr. Henry Whitely. 



A specimen of a rare Faroe-Island Wren {Anorthura bo- 

 realis) ; presented by Edward Hargitt^. Esq. 



Two nests and four eggs of the Flamingo {Phcenicopterus 

 antiquorum) from the marshes of the Guadalquivir river ; 

 presented by Lord Lilford. 



Forty Warblers from Southern Spain and Morocco ; pre- 

 sented by Lieut. -Col. L'by. 



Sixty-nine birds from the Zambesi country, collected by 

 Dr. Bradshaw, and containing several rare and interesting 

 species ; purchased. 



Two of the typical specimens of Cypselus balstoni and Za^ 

 pornia watersi ; purchased. 



Fifty-four skins of Bulbuls, containing eleven species new 

 to the collection ; purchased. 



The types of Otocorys elwesi and Montifriiigilla ruficollis 

 from Sikkim, and thirteen birds from Sind, among which are 

 three species before unrepresented in the collection ; presented 

 by W. T. Blanford, Esq., F.R.S. 



