President's Address. Ill 



In 1860 many important additions were made to the 

 collection of birds. Ninety-two specimens from Ecuador 

 were purchased of Mr. Gould. Ninety birds from Natal, 

 collected by Dr. Gueinzius, were purchased from Mr. Samuel 

 Stevens. Allusion to this collection is frequently made by 

 the late Mr. John Henry Gurney in his articles in the ' Ibis,' 

 on the birds of Natal. 



Two hundred and fifty-five specimens from Mr. Wallace's 

 collections, from Celebes, Ceram, Gilolo, Ternate, and Timor 

 were added. 



The North American Boundary Commission, for the 

 delimitation of the British Columbian frontier, finished its 

 labours, and the naturalist appointed by the Government, 

 Mr. J. Keast Lord, made a collection of 131 birds from the 

 west side of the Rocky Mountains, and he further presented 

 a series of 106 birds obtained in Vancouver Island. 



In this year, 1860, the India Museum determined to hand 

 over a number of its specimens to the British Museum, 

 especially such as had no direct connection with the Indian 

 Empire, viz., Sir Cornwallis Harris' Abyssinian (or rather 

 Shoan) collection. Five hundred and eighty-four birds were 

 received on this occasion, but the bulk of the collection was 

 received in 1861. 



One hundred and ninety-three birds were presented by the 

 Foreign Office, collected by Sir John Kirk during Dr. 

 Livingstone's celebrated expedition to the Zambesi. 



Mr. Osbert Salvili had returned from his first expedition 

 to Guatemala, and the duplicates, which he allowed the 

 Museum to have, were always of great value to the collection. 

 Forty-eight specimens from Guatemala were this year added. 



In 1861 a further instalment of specimens was received 

 from the India Museum, consisting of 172 birds from Shoa 

 collected by Sir W. Cornwallis Harris. One hundred and 

 eighty-seven Humming Birds were purchased of Mr. Gould, and 

 40 birds were presented by Mr. B. R. Ross from Fort Simpson 

 in Western Canada. 



From Mr. Wallace's collections 116 birds were obtained., 

 from My sol, Waigiu, and Ceram. 



In 1862 there were no notable acquisitions, with the excep- 



