668 Letters, Extracts, and Notices. 



16 eggs, aud 3 nests from the Soudan, presented by 

 Surgeon-Major H.N.Dunn; 22 birds, including examples 

 of 15 species new to the collection, from Fernando Po, 

 collected and presented by Boyd Alexander, Esq. ; 302 birds 

 from the Cameroons, W. Africa, including the types of 2 

 new species, collected by Mr. G. L. Bates, purchased; 130 

 eggs from North Cachar, collected by Mr. E. C. Stuart- 

 Baker, purchased ; 284 birds, including the types of 6 new 

 species, from Nyasa-land, presented by Sir Alfred Sliarpe, 

 K.C.B. ; 378 birds from the Southern Shan States containing 

 3 types of species recently described as new to science, 

 collected by Messrs. H. M. Thompson and W. H. Craddock, 

 purchased ; 10 eggs, 5 nests, and 61 birds from Southern 

 Persia, including the type of a new species of Sitta, presented 

 by H. F. "Witherby, Esq. ; 96 birds from New Zealand and 

 the adjacent islands, presented by the Earl of Ranfurly ; 

 989 birds from the province of Fohkien, China, presented 

 by C. B. Rickett, Esq.; 451 birds from Namaqua-land, 

 collected by Mr. H. C. B. Grant, presented by C. D. Rudd, 

 Esq. ; 35] eggs from North Queensland, presented by 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq.; 257 birds and 3 nests from 

 British East Africa, presented by A. B. Percival, Esq. ; 

 131 birds from Cyprus, purchased; 31 birds from the Soudan, 

 presented by R. M. Hawker, Esq.; 582 birds from Yunnan, 

 including the types of 7 new species, presented by Colonel 

 G. Rippon ; 72 birds from Sierra Leone, presented by Robin 

 Kemp, Esq. ; 46 eggs and 2 nests from the Azores, collected 

 by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Esq., presented by the Hon. W. 

 Rothschild, D.Sc, M.P. ; 853 birds, 19 skeletons, 91 eggs, 

 and 12 nests from Deelfontein, Cape Colony, collected by 

 Messrs. E. H. Seimund and C. H. B. Grant, presented by 

 Colonel A. P. Sloggett, C.M.G. ; 244 birds from Arabia, 

 collected by Mr. G. W. Bury, purchased ; 466 birds from 

 Abyssinia, including the type of a new species, collected by 

 Mr. E. Degen ; 80 birds from Southern New Guinea, pre- 

 sented by Capt. F. R. Barton ; 420 birds from Patagonia, 

 collected by J. Koslowsky, purchased; 114 birds from 

 Uurmah, presented by Capt. Mcarns ; Ho birds and 192 



