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proportion of these take the Biitish East African route, 

 where Mr. Percival assures us that migrants, especially 

 Waders, are abundant in Octohcr and March. 



79. Salvaduri on a new Albatross. 



[T. Salvadori. Specie appareutemente nuova del genere Thalasso- 

 r/eron. Boll. Mus. Zool. ed Auatomia conip. Uuiv. Torino, xx.wi. 

 No. 638.] 



Count Salvadori bases liis new Albatross {Thalassogeron 

 desulationis) on a specimen in the Turin Museum obtained 

 at Desolation Island in the Magellan Straits, near the Pacific 

 entrance. It is most nearly allied to T. culminatus. 



80. Thayer and Bangs on new Birds from China. 



[Descriptions of new Birds from Central Cliiua. By J olin E. Thayer 

 aud Outran! Bangs. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. vol. lii. no. 8.] 



From a collection of 3000 skins made by Mr. W. R. 

 Zappey in the Province of Hupeh, Central China, the 

 following are described as new : — Calloculia fuscipfiaya 

 {qn. fuciphaga?) capnitis, C. itiopina, Turdus cardis lateus, 

 Parus major artatus, Nucifraya hemispila macella, Ci/ornis 

 tickeUia glauciconians, Niltava lychnis, and Cyanoptila 

 cwnatilis. 



XXIV. — Letters, Extracts, and Notes. 



We have received the following letters addressed to the 

 Editors : — 



Sirs, — You will be glad to hear that the magnificent 

 collection of African birds formed by the late Mr. Boyd 

 Alexander during his travels, and bequeathed by him to the 

 Natural History Museum, has now been handed over to 

 that Institution by his brother, Mr. Robert Alexander, as 

 executor. 



It includes the collections formed during his expeditions 



