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Rev. H. A. Macpherson ; two hundred and thirty-one birds 

 from Cyprus, including specimens of a new Titmouse {Parus 

 Cypriotes), presented by Lord Lilford; one hundred and forty- 

 nine birds from the Palsearctic Region ; also sixty-four speci- 

 mens from Central Asia and Mongolia, duplicates from the Col- 

 lection of the late General Prjevalski, among them Phasianus 

 strauchi and Falco hendersoni, presented by Henry Seebohm, 

 Esq, ; a specimen of a Swan from Eastern Asia {Cygnus 

 davidi), new to the collection, presented by Professor Giglioli ; 

 sixty-nine birds from Ichang, China, including examples of 

 Yuhina diademata and other rarities, purchased ; forty-four 

 specimens of birds from West Africa, including examples of 

 twenty species new to the collection, presented by the Lisbon 

 Museum ; one hundred and eighty-five birds from Fao, in the 

 Persian Gulf, presented by W. D. Cumming, Esq.; thirteen 

 specimens of birds from Muscat, Arabia ; including three 

 examples oi Bubo milesi, presented by Surgeon-Major A. S. 

 G. Jayakar; examples of four species of birds from Quetta, 

 including some of Falco hendersoni and Bubo turcomanus, 

 presented by Sir Oliver St. John ; thirty-five specimens of 

 birds from the Comoro Islands, including examples of Scops 

 capnodes and Tardus bewsheri, purchased ; eight specimens 

 from the Comoro Islands, including specimens of Humblotia 

 flavirostris and Cinnyris humbloti, presented by the Paris Mu- 

 seum ; seventy-four birds from the mountains of Perak, seven 

 of the species represented being previously undescribed, pre- 

 sented by L. Wray, jun., Esq. ; examples of five species from 

 Liberia and the Malayan Islands, four of them new to the 

 Museum, presented by the Leyden Museum ; fifty-four speci- 

 mens from N.E. Borneo, including the type of Carpophaga 

 everetti, purchased; three specimens (male, female, and young) 

 of a Weaver- Finch [Chlorura hyperythra) from Kina Balu, 

 purchased ; fifty-seven birds from the Solomon Islands, in- 

 cluding examples ofAstur woodfordi, A. shebce, Nasiterna aolce, 

 Myzomela sharpii, and others, purchased ; seventy-two spe- 

 cimens from the Solomon Islands, collected and presented 

 by C. M. Woodford, Esq. ; fifty-two specimens from S.E. 

 New Guinea, collected by Mr. H. O. Forbes, and containing 



