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esting point, and asked him to favour us with specimens of 

 the Crow of that district. — Editor.] 



The Progress of the B. M. Catalogue of Birds. — The 16th 

 volume of the Catalogue of Birds is already partly printed. 

 It will contain the Upupidae and Trocliilidse, by Mr. Salvin, 

 and the Cypselidje, Capri mulgidse, Podargidse, and Steatorni- 

 thidasj by Herr E. Hartert, who is now in London hard at 

 work on these groups. The 17th volume, by Dr. Bowdler 

 Sharpe and Mr. Grant, is also making rapid progress. Mr. 

 Grant has catalogued the Trogonidse and Bucerotidae, Dr. 

 Sharpe the Meropidse, Coraciidae, Alcedinidse, and remaining 

 families of Anisodactylous Picarise, Vols. XVIII. and XIX. 

 (as noticed. Ibis, 1890, p. 450, and 1891, p. 461) are already 

 published. Vol. XX. is devoted to Count Salvadori's Cata- 

 logue of Parrots, which is now passing through the press. 

 We believe that Count Salvadori will also undertake the 

 Pigeons, which will occupy Vol. XXI. The whole work will 

 be completed in 24 or 25 volumes ; the estimate made in a 

 previous notice (Ibis, 1886, p. 375) was too high. 



* Additions to the National Collection of Birds. — In the 

 " Return '' presented to Parliament on the progress of the 

 British Museum in the year 1890, we find recorded amongst 

 "the most important acquisitions^^ in the Department of 

 Zoology in 1890 :— . 



(1). The sixth instalment of the Godman-Salvin Collection 

 of Birds, consisting of 4044 specimens, amongst which are 

 1 type and examples of 19 species new to the Collection ; 

 presented by Messrs. Salvin and Godman. 



(2) . The final instalment of the Sclater Collection of South 

 American Birds, containing 834 specimens, of which 19 are 

 types and 11 representatives of species new to the Collection. 



(3) . A series of 405 specimens of Alaudidse, Upupidse, and 

 Alcedinidse, chiefly from the Swinhoe Collection, amongst 

 which are 8 types and examples of 3 species new to the Col- 

 lection ; presented by Mr. Seebohm. 



