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Four Imudred and forty-seven specimens from Captain 

 Savile Reid's Collection; purchased. 



A series of 18 Cuckoos^ E^gs, with the accompanying 

 clutches of the eggs of the foster-parents ; purchased. 



Four hundred and seventy-four Birds from various parts 

 of Hungary ; presented by the Hungarian National Museum. 



Twelve specimens from Transylvania, including a pair of 

 Merula alpestris, new to the collection, with the nest and 

 eggs ; presented by C. G. Danford, Esq. 



One hundred and eighty African Birds from the Shelley 

 Collection, containing one type and two species new to the 

 collection ; purchased. 



Ten birds from Aden, including skins of a rare Bee-eater 

 {Merops cyanophrys) ; presented by Lieut. H. E. Barnes. 



Two specimens of a rare Chat {Myrmecocichla nigra) from 

 Angola, and the type of a new species of Timeliine Bird 

 {Amaurocichla hocagii) from the island of St. Thomas ; pre- 

 sented by Professor Barboza du Bocage. 



Examples of three species of Birds, new to the collection, 

 viz. : Harpactes ivhiteheacli, from Mount Kiua Balu, and 

 Colurnba nitens and C. versicolor, from the Bonin Islands ; 

 presented by Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



One hundred and eighteen Birds from Sarawak and North- 

 western Borneo, obtained by Mr. A. H. Everett, including 

 the tyj)e of Scops mantananensis and examples of two other 

 species new to the collection ; purchased. 



One hundred and one specimens obtained in the highlands 

 of Sarawak by Mr. Charles Hose, including 11 types and 

 examples of 19 species new to the collection; purchased. 



Sixteen specimens from the island of Engano, including 

 examples of nine species new to the collection ; purchased. 



A pair of Newton^s Bower-bird {Prionodiira newtoni) from 

 Queensland ; presented by C. W. De Vis, Esq. 



The type of Platycercus erythropeplus ; purchased from the 

 Zoological Society. 



Examples of 8 species of Birds from the New Hebrides, 

 including a Pigeon {Ptilopus corriei), new to the collection; 

 presented by Professor Collett. 



