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II est bien possible que j'aie tort et lui raison, dans lc 

 cas particulier, et qu'il y ait la, en effet, une erreur sur 

 la quelle je remercie mon honorable collegue d'avoir bien 

 voulu attirer mon attention. 



Report on the. British Museum for 1904-5*. — The 

 Parliamentary Report on the progress of the British 

 Museum for the year 1904-5 contains the following passages 

 concerning the Bird-department of the Natural History 

 Museum at South Kensington, in which we are all much 

 interested : — 



The remounting (for the Public Gallery] of the Hoopoes, 

 Colies, Trogons, Touracos, Toucans, Honey-guides, and 

 Woodpeckers has been completed. The pier-cases containing 

 the British Birds in the Pavilion have been re- arranged, and 

 a number of specimens have been replaced by new and well- 

 mounted ones. An illustrated guide to the Bird-Gallery is 

 now issued to the public (cf. 'Ibis/ 1905, p. 48G). Progress 

 has been made with the osteological collection, and a large 

 number of eggs have been registered and incorporated. The 

 skeletons of the remaining Coraciiformes, viz ., the Hornbills, 

 Toucans, and Woodpeckers, have been labelled, catalogued, 

 and placed in cabinets, also those of the Monro ti the and 

 Eurylaemidse. 



The total number of accessions to the Class Aves during 

 the year was 17,903, of which the following deserve special 

 notice : — 



Thirty four Birds and fifty-one eggs from Darjeelmg; pre- 

 sented by Mr. B. B. Osmaston. 



Three hundred and thirty-one Birds from Upper Burma, 

 including the types of a new species [Pomatorhinus meursi) ; 

 presented by Captain A. Mears. 



Four hundred and ninety-seven Birds from the Malay 

 Peninsula, including the type of a new Bulbul [Pycnonotus 

 robinsoni) ; presented by the Royal Society and the Uni- 

 versities of Edinburgh and Liverpool. 



* Fur the previous Report see ' Ibis,' 1904, p. 667. 



