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Our collection up to the present inciudes in all 2665 speci- 
mens of birds and mammals. 
“T am now in Entebbe preparing for the journey, and we 
hope to start in a few days.” 
—_— 
Report on the British Museum, 1906.—The Parliamentary 
Report on the British Museum for 1906 contains an account 
of the accessions to the Collection of Birds made during the 
year 1905, which were 13,834 in number. The following 
acquisitions are stated to be worthy of special notice :— 
109 birds from the West Indies, presented by Mr. D. A. 
Bannerman ; 162 birds from British Central Africa, pre- 
sented by Sir Alfred Sharpe, K.C.B.; 52 birds from South- 
west Australia (including examples of 5 species new to 
the Collection), presented by Dr. Bernard Woodward; 40 
birds from the Azores, presented by the Ponta Delgada 
Museum ; 745 birds from Dr. Sclater’s collection, purchased ; 
45 birds from the Belgian Congo, presented by Colonel J. 
J. Harrison ; 98 eggs from Australia, presented by Mr. A. 
J. North; 64 birds from Wales and Ireland, presented by 
Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant; 1279 birds and 868 eggs from 
Egypt and other countries, bequeathed by the late Mr. Edward 
Cavendish Taylor ; 322 birds from Japan, presented by His 
Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.G.; 335 birds from the 
Kauri-Kachin District and 1260 birds from Mount V ictoria, 
Chin Hills, presented by Lt.-Col. Rippon; 72 birds from 
the Tian-Shan Mountains, presented by Mr. A. B. Bayley 
Worthington ; 417 eggs from British East Africa and Uganda, 
purchased ; 208 birds from the Chindwin Hills, presented by 
Capt. A. Mears ; 88 birds from the Syrian Desert, collected 
by Mr. D. Carruthers, purchased ; 906 birds and 745 eggs 
from Paraguay, collected by Mr. W. Foster, purchased ; 954. 
mounted birds from various localities, presented by Lord 
Tweedmouth ; 416 birds from South Tibet, presented by 
Capt. H. J. Walton, I.M.S.; 232 birds from Benguela, col- 
lected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge, purchased; 236 birds from 
Apo Volcano, Mindanao, Philippines, including the types of 
