Recently published Ornithological Works. 445 



1. Thalassidroma bulweri. 



2. pljffinus obscurus. 



By the kind help of our friend Mr. C. F. R. Blandy, to 

 whom we are indebted for many of our pleasant trips, we 

 got a very interesting series of the young of this species, 

 showing every stage from the downy nestling to the adult. 

 The down is first cast off" the middle of the back and shoulders, 

 then off the top of the head and throat, next from the whole 

 of the upper parts. After this stage the breast becomes 

 bare, then the belly and underparts, leaving only the flanks 

 and tail-feathers with a downy fringe, which, in the most 

 adult of the young specimens before us, is reduced to a few 

 filaments on the flanks. The plumage of this last bird differs 

 in nowise from that of the parent. 



XLV. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 



[Continued from p. 383.] 



80. The British Museum Report for 1890. 



[Return to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 

 5th May, 1890 ; for, Account " of the Income and Expenditure of the 

 British Museum (Special Trust Funds) for the Year ending the 31st day 

 of March 1890." " And, Return of the Number of Persons admitted to 

 visit the Museum and the British Museum (Natural History) in each 

 Year for 1884 to 1889, both Years inclusive ; together with a Statement 

 of the Progress made in the Arrangement and Description of the Collec- 

 tions, and an Account of Objects added to them, in the Year 1889."] 



The Parliamentary Report on the British Museum for the 

 present Session announces the addition of more than 69,000 

 specimens to the National Zoological Collection. Amongst 

 these are specially noticed : — 



(1) "A collection made by H. C. V. Hunter, Esq., in the 

 Kilimanjaro district. It comprises twenty-five Mammals, 

 including the type of Damalis hunteri; one hundred and 

 eighty-six birds, amongst which are types of six new species 

 and of nine species new to the collection; a new fish (Oreo- 

 chromis hunteri) from one of the crater-lakes ; two hundred 



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