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tion of a further series of Mr. Wallace's collections, consisting- 

 of 221 birds from Timor, My sol, and New Guinea. 



A further collection of British Columbian birds was presented 

 in 1863 by Mr. J. K. Lord, 398 in number, and 194 birds from 

 the Mackenzie River district by Mr. B. R. Ross. 



Forty-three birds from the Zambesi, including- the type of a 

 new Touraco (Turacus living stonei) , were presented by the Rev. 

 Charles Livingstone. 



An adult Balœniceps rex from the Upper White Nile 

 was purchased from Consul Petherick, who discovered the 

 species. 



Mr. W. T. Blanford also presented in 1863 the collection of 

 birds made by him in Pegu, which contained many specimens 

 of great interest to the Museum. Forty birds collected by 

 Mr. A. R. Wallace in Bouru and Flores, were added this 

 year. 



The most important contribution to the bird-collection in 

 1863 was, however, made by the Liimean Society, which 

 determined to dispense with its series of mounted birds 

 and handed over to the British Museum 87 specimens, the 

 types of species described by Temminck, Vigors, andHorsfield 

 in the Society's ' Transactions. ' 



In 1864 the Museum acquired a set of birds from Palestine 

 and Syria, collected by Canon Tristram. 



The year 1865 was noteworthy for the acquisition of a 

 further instalment of 88 birds from Guatemala and Costa 

 Rica, duplicates from Mr. Sal vin s collections. 



One hundred and sixty birds from Malacca were presented 

 by Mr. W. Harvey, and were a useful addition to the 

 collection. 



In 1866 Mr. Salvin presented 68 nests from North America ; 

 and 66 birds from Upper Amazonia, collected by Mr. Edward 

 Bartlett, were purchased. 



Mr. Darwin presented in 1867 his series of 66 varieties of 

 Domestic Pigeons and Ducks. 



A further instalment of duplicates from Mr. Salvin s Central 

 American collections was added in 1868. 



In 1869 Mr. E. L. Layard, who was then Curator of the 

 Cape Museum at Cape Town, presented 106 eggs of South 



