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Janeiro ; presented by Alexander Fry, Esq. 202 skins of 

 South-American birds ; presented by Osbert Salvin, Esq., 

 F.ll.S., and F. DuCane Godman, Esq., F.R.S. The last 

 instalment of the Shelley Collection, numbering 3125 skins 

 of African birds, including many types and species new to 

 the collection ; purchased. A specimen of a rare Petrel 

 {(Estrelata incerta), from the Cape Seas ; presented by 

 Thomas Parkin, Esq. The types of 24 new species of birds 

 discovered during Dr. A. Donaldson Smith's expedition to 

 Lake Rudolph ; presented by Dr. Donaldson Smith. Eight 

 specimens from Nassa, in Speke Gulf, Victoria Nyanza, 

 obtained by the Rev. E. H. Hubbard, and containing the 

 type oi Francolinus hubbardi ; purchased. The type specimen 

 of Tricholcema ansorgii, from Uganda ; presented by Dr. 

 Ansorge. Birds from Somaliland, collected by E. Lort 

 Phillips, Esq., and containing 12 types and examples of 

 9 species previously unrepresented in the collection ; pur- 

 chased. 71 birds from Aden ; presented by Colonel Yerbury, 

 21 specimens of birds from Sikhim, including the type of 

 Garrulax waddelli ; presented by Surgeon-Major L. A. 

 Waddell. 4426 birds, forming the collection made by 

 Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen during his expeditions to the 

 mountain-districts of Assam and Manipur, including speci- 

 mens of many species unrepresented in the Museum and 

 several types ; purchased. A pair of Mrs. Hume's Pheasants 

 {Phasianus humice), from the Ruby-Mines district in British 

 Burma; presented by E. W. Gates, Esq. 82 birds from 

 Kina Balu and the Sulu Archipelago, collected by A. H. 

 Everett, Esq. ; purchased. 22 birds from the islands of 

 Luzon and Mindoro, including examples of four species new.to 

 the collection ; obtained by A. H. Everett, Esq. ; purcliased. 

 224 birds from the Philippine Islands, including the type of 

 a new genus and 35 types of new species ; presented by the 

 subscribers to the Whitehead Exploration Fund. Two males 

 of a rare species of Bird of Paradise {Parotia carolcp) from 

 N.W. New Guinea, new to the collection ; purchased. Five 

 specimens from Great Natuna Islaud, including specimens 

 of two species new to the collection, obtained by Charles E. 



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