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hundred, contained specimens of eight species 

 new to science. Besides these there were many 

 rarities, few of the birds of the small coral islands 

 to the north-west of Madagascar having been 

 previously represented in the National collec- 

 tion. 



The new species discovered were as follows : 

 A white tern (Gygis crawfordi) from South 



Trinidad ; 

 A diving petrel (Pelecanoides dacunhae) from 



Tristan da Cunha ; 

 A paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone lindsayi) 



from Mayotte, Comoro Islands ; 

 A swift (Cypsdus mayottensis) from Mayotte, 



Comoro Islands ; 

 A ground-cuckoo (Centropus assumptionis) 



from Assumption Island ; 

 A turtle-dove (Turtur assumptionis) from 



Assumption Island ; 



A heron (Butorides crawfordi) from Assump- 

 tion Island ; 

 A sunbird (Cinnyris mahei) from Seychelles 



Islands. 



Many fishes and reptiles were collected, but 

 none of these proved to be new or of great 

 interest, except a large specimen of the ribbon fish 

 (Regalecus), which was obtained at Cape Town. 

 This fish is rare in collections, its pelagic habits 

 making its capture difficult. 



Of the insects obtained I learn that several 

 belong to new species, or are otherwise rare or 



