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from Equatorial Africa, presented by Mr. F. J. Jackson, 
C.B., C.M.G.; 2 eggs of the Standard-winged Nightjar 
(Macrodipteryx macrodipterus), presented by Mr, J. H. J. 
Farquhar; 7 specimens of birds and 40 nests and eggs 
from Setubal, Portugal, presented by Don Luiz Gonzaga 
do Nascimento; 394 birds from Gunong Tahan, Malay 
Peninsula, presented by the Selangor State Museum; 27 
birds from the River Niger, presented by Mr. Churchill 
Bryant; 4 Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) from 
Durango, Mexico, presented by Mr. J. H. Fleming; a 
valuable collection of North American Birds formed by — 
Mr. Gerrit Miller, and consisting of 4000 skins, including 
the Maynard Collection of Bahama birds and several types, 
purchased. 
Mr. C. D. Rudd has continued his donations of birds from 
South Africa and Mozambique, whence large series have 
been sent by Mr. Claude Grant, who is collecting for 
Mr. Rudd. 
Ninety-one birds from the Solomon Islands, collected by 
Mr. A. 8. Meek, have been purchased. Twenty-seven nests 
of birds from the Andaman Islands have been presented by 
Mr. B. B. Osmaston. There have also been received fifteen 
birds, mostly Francolins, from British East Africa, presented 
by Colonel W. H. Broun; 1528 specimens of birds from the 
Ruwenzori Range and the adjacent parts of Equatorial Africa, 
presented by the subscribers to the Ruwenzori Expedition ; 
150 birds from Somaliland, collected by Mr. G. W. Bury, 
purchased ; 531 birds from Benguella, collected by W. J. 
Ansorge, purchased; 79 birds from Annam, collected by 
Dr. J. J. Vassal, purchased ; 262 birds from the Tian-Shan 
Mountains, collected by Mr. Kutzenko, purchased ; 115 
birds from Uganda, collected by Mr. EK. Degen, purchased ; 
and 212 birds from Camaroons, collected by Mr. G. L. Bates, 
purchased. 
In the Bird-Gallery, we are told, continued progress has 
been made in the substitution of well-mounted specimens 
for those which had become blanched and discoloured. 
