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excliange from the Berlin Museum. (12) One hundred and 

 seventy-three birds from East Africa, collected by IMr. Robin 

 Kemp. (13) One hundred and forty-one birds from Central 

 Africa, presented l)y Mr. Sheffield A. Neave. (14) Fifty- 

 three birds froiu Entebbe, Uganda, presented by Mr, C. C. 

 Growdey. (15) An example of the rare Scops Owl [Gym. 

 noscops insidaris), from the Seychelles, presented by JNIr. 

 H. P. Thomasset. (16) Four specimens of the Black 

 Bustard, Lissotis afra, from Bechuanaland, presented by 

 ]\'Ir. R. E. Dent, (17) Three hundred and six eggs from 

 northern Ankolc, collected by Dr. R. A. Ij, van Someren. 

 (18) Twenty-three birds from the district south of Lake 

 George, including the type of Laniarlus mitfumbiri, presented 

 by Mrs. M. Roby. (19) A nestling Ostricli, presented by 

 Herr Carl Hagenbeck. (20) Sixteen birds, including 

 the type of Himantornis whitesidei, and one ^^^ from the 

 Congo Region, collected by the Rev. H. M. Whiteside. 

 (21) Nine birds from Cameroon, including- six types of 

 newly-described species, and seventy-two eggs (nearly all of 

 which were not previously represented in the collection), 

 presented by jNIr. G. L. Bates. (22) Five hundred and thirtv 

 birds and one hundred and eleven skeletons from Cameroon, 

 collected by ls\\\ G. L. Bates. (23) The type specimen of 

 Wells's Wagtail, MotaciUa ivellsi, from Upper Nigeria, 

 presented by ]Mr. T. V. Fox. (24) An example of Mantou's 

 Bird-of-Paradise, Heteroptilorkis mantoui, new to the col- 

 lection. (25) An egg of the Greater Bird-of-Paradise, 

 Paradisea apoda, presented by Mrs. E, J. Johnstone. 

 (26) An example of the extinct Passenger Pigeon, Eclo- 

 pistes migratorlus, from Kingston, Canada, presented bv 

 Mrs. Oliver. (27) Two hundred and twenty-four birds, 

 sixty-eight eggs, and fifteen nests from Tamuco, southern 

 Chile, including examples of a new species, Upucerthia 

 tantiicoensis, and eggs which wei'e previously unrepresented, 

 collected by Senor A. Soldaila. (28) Thirty-four birds 

 from Entrerios, presented by Lady Jackson. (29) One 

 hundred and twenty birds from British Guiana, presented 

 by the Royal x'^rtillery Institution, Woolwich. 



