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and young ; presented by the Right. Hon. Lord Walsingliam, 

 F.R.'S. 



" A female Capercailzie, with nest and eggs ; presented by 

 Colonel Irby. 



" A pair of Ptarmigan, with nest and eggs ; presented by 

 His Grace the Duke of Atiiole. 



" A pair of Kentish Plovers, with young and eggs; presented 

 by Colonel Irby and Captain Vernon. 



" A pair of Laughing Gulls, with nest and eggs ; presented 

 by the late Lord Lovat. 



" Parent birds, young and eggs of the Lesser Tern ; pre- 

 sented by Captain V'erner. 



" Thirty-one birds from Flauiborough ; presented by the 

 Right Hon. the Earl of Londesborough. 



" Sixty specimens from the Caucasus and Altai Mountains ; 

 received in exchange I'rom the St. Petersburg Museum. 



" Eighty-two specimens from South Manchuria; presented 

 by H. E. M. James, Esq. 



" Twenty-five specimens from China, including the types 

 of Pomatorhinus styatii and Trochalopteron cinereiceps ; pre- 

 sented by F. W. Styau, Esq. 



" Nineteen specimens from the Hills of Perak ; presented 

 by L. AVray, Esq. 



"Sixty birds from North America; presented by H. K. 

 Coale, Esq. 



"Eighty-two specimens from California, including the 

 type of Colhius ridgwayi ; presented by G. Erean Morcom, 

 Esq. 



" Thirty-five birds from the Cameroons, including the types 

 of four new species [Psalidoprocne fuliginosa, PoUopicus 

 Johnstoni, Laniarius atrojiavus, and Ploceus melanogaster) ; 

 collected by H. H. Johnston, Esq., and presented by the 

 British Association. 



" Seventeen specimens from the Upper Congo, including 

 nine species new to the collection ; purchased. 



" Six specimens from Masai Land, five of them being new 

 to the collection ; purchased. 



