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  zoology, 
  and 
  very 
  considerable 
  series 
  of 
  all 
  orders 
  of 
  insects 
  

   have 
  been 
  sent 
  home 
  by 
  him. 
  The 
  examination 
  of 
  these 
  

   collections 
  will 
  doubtless 
  throw 
  great 
  light 
  on 
  the 
  important 
  

   questions 
  of 
  the 
  origin 
  and 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  peculiar 
  

   fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Sandwich 
  Islands, 
  which, 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  so 
  many 
  

   other 
  island 
  groups, 
  is 
  in 
  danger 
  of 
  losing, 
  if 
  indeed 
  it 
  has 
  

   not 
  already 
  lost^ 
  some 
  of 
  its 
  most 
  interesting 
  types. 
  

  

  The 
  Bird-collection 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  Museum, 
  Cambridge. 
  

   —In 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Museums 
  and 
  Lecture 
  Rooms 
  

   Syndicate 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Cambridge 
  (for 
  1892) 
  we 
  are 
  

   informed 
  by 
  the 
  Strickland 
  Curator, 
  Dr. 
  Gadow, 
  that 
  the 
  

   "chief 
  event 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  year, 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  Bird-Museum 
  

   was 
  the 
  presentation 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Farr 
  of 
  the 
  magnificent 
  

   collection 
  of 
  skins 
  of 
  Indian 
  Birds 
  formed 
  by 
  her 
  late 
  

   husband. 
  More 
  than 
  l.'jOO 
  sj^^cimens, 
  representing 
  about 
  

   322 
  species^ 
  had 
  been 
  brought 
  together 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  W. 
  B. 
  

   Farr, 
  Esq., 
  Comptroller 
  of 
  Accounts, 
  Bengal 
  Railways, 
  chiefly 
  

   from 
  Bengal, 
  the 
  North-western 
  Provinces, 
  and 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  

   the 
  Himalayas. 
  All 
  the 
  specimens 
  were 
  correctly 
  labelled, 
  

   but 
  unfortunately 
  not 
  a 
  few 
  had 
  suffered 
  from 
  time 
  and 
  

   insects. 
  However, 
  no 
  fewer 
  than 
  121 
  species 
  were 
  not 
  

   previously 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  Collection, 
  among 
  

   which 
  are 
  the 
  extremely 
  rare 
  Central 
  Asiatic 
  bird 
  Ihido- 
  

   rhynchus 
  struthersi, 
  the 
  tiny 
  Hawk 
  Hierax 
  entolmos, 
  and 
  

   Ithaginis 
  cruentus. 
  Owing 
  to 
  this 
  welcome 
  influx 
  of 
  skins, 
  

   which, 
  by 
  the 
  way, 
  stnuns 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  available 
  space 
  

   in 
  the 
  Bird 
  Room 
  to 
  its 
  utmost 
  extent, 
  the 
  Indian 
  Avifauna 
  

   is 
  now 
  very 
  well 
  represented. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  whole 
  collection 
  of 
  birds 
  in 
  the 
  museum 
  consists 
  

   now 
  of 
  about 
  21,500 
  specimens, 
  representing 
  no 
  fewer 
  than 
  

   5700 
  species, 
  i. 
  e. 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  at 
  present 
  

   known." 
  

  

  The 
  Collection 
  of 
  Aiistro-Hungarian 
  Birds 
  at 
  Vienna. 
  — 
  Dr. 
  

   Lorenz 
  calls 
  our 
  attention 
  to 
  a 
  serious 
  error 
  in 
  our 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  Anstro-Hungarian 
  birds 
  in 
  the 
  Vienna 
  Museum 
  

   (above, 
  p. 
  459) 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  great 
  pleasure 
  in 
  correcting. 
  

   The 
  number 
  of 
  unmounted 
  specimens 
  was 
  incorrectly 
  stated 
  

  

  