592 Letters, Extracts, Notices, lk;c. 



Hose^ Esq. ; purchased. 58 birds from New Zealand; pre- 

 sented by Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. A series of 175 birds 

 collected in the Hawaiian Islands, comprising examples of 

 no less than 26 species new to the collection ; presented by 

 the Joint Committee of the Royal Society and the British 

 Association. 13 birds, including specimens of nine species 

 new to the collection ; received in exchange from the Hon. 

 Walter Rothschild. 109 Cuckoos' eggs and sets of the eggs 

 of foster-parents ; purchased. 



The total number of accessions to the Bird- collection in 

 1895 is given as 10,561. 



As regards " arrangement and conservation/' the following 

 particulars are given : — 



The collection of Skeletons of Birds has been removed 

 from the studies in the basement to the north-west corridor, 

 and has been temporarily arranged in systematic order on 

 racks, preparatory to the final classification and arrangement 

 in proper cabinets and boxes in juxtaposition with the 

 collection of skins of the same class. 



The collection of Ducks has been arranged and labelled in 

 accordance with the Catalogue of Birds prepared by Count 

 Salvadori ; the Petrels have been catalogued and arranged 

 by Mr. Osbert Salvin, P.R.S. ; and the Gulls and Terns by 

 Mr. Howard Saunders. 



The Herons have also been catalogued and arranged, and 

 the whole of the Plovers and Sandpipers catalogued and 

 placed in glass-topped boxes. 



A group illustrating the "^ showing-off of the male of the 

 Great Bustard [Otis tarda) has been mounted; the speci- 

 mens have been presented by Abel Chapman, Esq. 



A group illustrating the nesting-habits of the Pied Horn- 

 bill of South Africa has also been mounted, with a section of 

 the tree in which the female is imprisoned by the male 

 bird. 



The Godwin- Austen Collection and the Shelley Collection 

 have been registered and incorporated in the cabinet series 

 of skins. 



