108 President's Address. 



Corn wallis Harris 1 collections, were presented by the Hon. 

 East India Company. The most important donation was, 

 perhaps, 292 birds purchased from Sir Andrew Smith, being the 

 remainder of the collection made by him on his celebrated 

 expeditions. 



Ninety-one birds from Para were also presented by Mr. R. 

 Graham. 



The year 1846 was rendered famous by the presentation of 

 124 birds procured by Captain Sturt during his adventurous 

 expedition into Central Australia, by a collection of birds and 

 eggs from Tunis made by Louis Fraser, and the Bolivian series 

 of birds obtained by Thomas Bridges. 



In 1847 Sir George Grey signalised his office as Governor 

 of the Colony by presenting the Museum with 44 specimens 

 of New Zealand Birds, 134 others from Jamaica were obtained 

 from Mr. P. H. Gosse, and a collection of 171 Australian birds 

 were presented by Sir T. Mitchell. 



In 1848, Hodgson gave 307 birds from Sikhim, and Dr. 

 Rae presented 135 birds and eggs from Repulse Bay in the 

 Hudson's Bay Territory. 



Captain Stokes presented 47 birds from New Zealand in 

 1849, and in the same year 173 specimens from various 

 quarters of the British Islands were purchased from Mr. J. 

 Baker. 



The year 1850 was remarkable for the voyage of the 

 " Rattlesnake," and Capt. Owen Stanley .presented to the 

 Museum 204 birds from Northern Australia and the Islands 

 of Torres Straits. August Salle was commencing his explora- 

 tions in the West India Islands, and 37 birds from San 

 Domingo were purchased from his collection. 



John Macgillivray, who had been naturalist on board the 

 " Rattlesnake," remained in Australia, and made collections 

 after the expedition was over. In 1851 he presented 44 birds 

 to the Museum obtained during the voyage. 



In 1852, the remnant of a small collection of birds made 

 by C. J. Anders son, in Damara Land, was secured by the 

 Museum. One hundred and six birds from New Zealand 

 were presented by Captain Stokes. 



