773 Letter!^, Extracts, and N(jtes. 



type of the newly-tlescribed Irish Coal Tit [Parus Jiiber- 

 nicus), jjresented by Mr. CoUinfjwood Ingram : tlie first 

 British-killed specimen of the Carolina Crake {Porzana 

 Carolina), presented by Mr. H. S. W. Eyre : 676 birds from 

 South China, received in exchange from Lt. -Commander 

 R. E. Vaughan, R.N. : 108 birds from South China, pre- 

 sented by Staff-Surycon (\ E. C. Stanford, R.N. : 166 birds 

 from Formosa, presented by Mr. A. E.Wileman : 4 birds from 

 Formosa, including the type of a new species {Nucifraga 

 owstoni), presented by Mr. Cvl/ingivood Ingram : 61 birds 

 from the N.-W. Provinces of India, j/resented by Capt. C. 

 H. T. JVhitehead : 162 Kalij Pheasants from Burma, in- 

 cluding examples of six species new to the Collection, and 

 seven type-specimens [Dates CuJlection) : 4 birds from Upper 

 Burmah, including the types of three new subspecies, jji'e- 

 sented by Major II. H. Harington : 141 birds from Auuara, 

 including the type of a new species of Pigeon [Crocopus 

 (uwajnensis), collected by Dr, J. J. Vassal: 115 birds from 

 Borneo, presented by the British Ornithologists' Union : 

 4 birds, including two specimens of a Chaflfinch (Fringilla 

 jjolatzeki) new to the Collection, from Grand Canary, 

 presented by Mr. D. A. Bannerman : a Whale-headed Stork 

 {Baheniceps rex) from the Bahr-el-Gljazal, presented by 

 Lieut. -General Sir Francis Wingate, K.C.B. : 45 birds from 

 Somaliland and South Abyssinia, presented by Dr. R. E. 

 Drake-Brockman : 429 birds from British East Africa, col- 

 lected by Mr. Robin Kemp, presented by Mr. C. D. Rudd : 

 219 birds from various localities in British East Africa, 

 presented by Mr. S. L. Hinde : 283 birds from the Mabira 

 Forest, British East Africa, presented by Mr. L. M. Seth- 

 Sniith : the type-specimens of Stiphrornis niahiree, Alethe 

 kikuyiicnsis, and of five other species recently described, from 

 British East Africa, presented by Mr. F. J. Jackson : 

 159 birds and 3 eggs from Lake Ngami, collected by 

 Mr. R. B. Woosman and the Hon, Gerald Legge, presented 

 by the subscribers to the Lake Ngami Expedition Fund : 

 134-6 birds, nests, and eggs from Angola, Portuguese Guinea, 

 and the Cape Verde Ishuuls, including an example of one 



