﻿Birds 
  in 
  the 
  Norwich 
  Museum. 
  339 
  

  

  which 
  has 
  been 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  at 
  

   a 
  cost 
  of 
  .€17,000, 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  plenty 
  of 
  room. 
  There 
  the 
  

   Hawks 
  and 
  Owls 
  will 
  be 
  arranged 
  according 
  to 
  my 
  father's 
  

   method, 
  and 
  in 
  accordance 
  also 
  with 
  the 
  scheme 
  submitted 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Sclater 
  to 
  the 
  Trustees 
  in 
  June 
  1891 
  *. 
  

  

  At 
  present 
  the 
  specimens 
  are, 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  pointed 
  out 
  by 
  * 
  

   Mr. 
  Sclater, 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  crowded, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  easy 
  for 
  the 
  eye 
  

   to 
  follow 
  the 
  arrangement 
  (commencing 
  in 
  the 
  lobby 
  with 
  

   the 
  Secretary-bird 
  and 
  ending 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Owl 
  Room 
  " 
  with 
  

   the 
  Harriers) 
  adopted 
  for 
  the 
  390 
  species 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  

   Museum, 
  especially 
  as 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  there 
  are 
  seven 
  or 
  

   eight 
  mounted 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  My 
  father's 
  

   principal 
  object 
  was 
  to 
  illustrate 
  geographical 
  distribution, 
  

   and 
  he 
  attached 
  more 
  importance 
  to 
  this 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  modern 
  

   minute 
  subdivision 
  of 
  species. 
  This 
  is 
  well 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  

   series 
  of 
  Peregrine 
  Falcons, 
  Barn 
  Owls, 
  and 
  Scops 
  Owls. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  Raptorial 
  Collection 
  at 
  

   Norwich 
  since 
  my 
  father's 
  death, 
  four 
  represent 
  species 
  

   new 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  — 
  namely. 
  Baza 
  bismarcki, 
  Leucopternis 
  

   semiplimibea, 
  Scelospizias 
  cenchroides 
  , 
  and 
  Scops 
  elegans, 
  — 
  all 
  

   of 
  which 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  acceptable 
  to 
  him, 
  more 
  

   particularly 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Perhaps 
  a 
  few 
  words 
  

   about 
  these 
  additions 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  out 
  of 
  place. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Meyer, 
  of 
  Dresden, 
  sent 
  us 
  the 
  specimen 
  of 
  Baza 
  

   bismarcki, 
  from 
  New 
  Britain. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  adult, 
  killed 
  April 
  lOtli, 
  

   1891, 
  on 
  Gazelle 
  Island 
  (lat. 
  4°, 
  long. 
  152°). 
  On 
  comparing 
  

   it 
  with 
  our 
  B. 
  gurneyi, 
  from 
  Russell 
  Island 
  in 
  the 
  Solomon 
  

   group 
  (P. 
  Z, 
  S. 
  1888, 
  p. 
  188), 
  presented 
  by 
  Canon 
  Tristram, 
  

   it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  white 
  under 
  the 
  wing, 
  

   neither 
  has 
  it 
  the 
  white 
  thighs 
  and 
  underparts 
  of 
  B. 
  gurneyi. 
  

   Count 
  Salvadori 
  considers 
  B. 
  bismarcki 
  to 
  be 
  intermediate 
  

   between 
  B. 
  reinivardti, 
  the 
  form 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  and 
  

   B. 
  gurneyi 
  (Orn. 
  Pap., 
  App. 
  1889, 
  p. 
  13). 
  He 
  says: 
  — 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  B. 
  reinivardti 
  which, 
  like 
  B. 
  gurneyi 
  

  

  * 
  Report 
  to 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  Norwich 
  Castle 
  Museum 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  

   Committee 
  of 
  the 
  Norfolk 
  and 
  Norwich 
  Museums 
  on 
  the 
  Collections 
  of 
  

   the 
  Museum, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  best 
  mode 
  of 
  arranging 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  new 
  

   buildings. 
  By 
  P. 
  L. 
  Sclater, 
  F.R.S. 
  Norwich, 
  June 
  1891. 
  

  

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