President's Address. 119 



' Three hundred ' and eighteen nests and eggs of Bornean 

 birds from Sir Hugh Low's collection were also added. 

 ! On the death of Mr. T. C. Eyton, his collection was dis- 

 persed, and 108 skeletons and 205 skins of birds were pur- 

 chased in 1881 by the Museum, which secured 69 types of 

 species. The collection of skeletons was an historical one, 

 being the material on which Mr. Eyton's ' Osteologia Avium ' 

 was founded. 



Mr. Henry Seebohm was engaged on the fifth volume of 

 the ' Catalogue of Birds,' and he presented 56 specimens of 

 Thrushes to the Museum, the prelude to a long series of 

 donations. 



One hundred and twenty-three birds from Gilgit and Nepal 

 were presented by Dr. J. Scully, who had written valuable 

 memoirs on the birds of these regions. 



The expedition to Sokotra, conducted by Professor I. Bayley 

 Balfour, and promoted by the British Association, resulted in 

 the presentation by the latter of 6Q specimens of birds, includ- 

 ing the types of 7 new species. 



Ninety-seven birds from the Duke of York Island, embrac- 

 ing 8 types of new species, collected by the Eev. G. Brown, 

 were purchased. Twenty-one species were added to the 

 Museum. 



The celebrated ornithologist, John Gould, died early in 

 1881, and his collection being offered to the Museum, was 

 purchased by the Trustees, on Dr. Günther' s recommendation. 

 In addition to the collection of Humming Birds, 6315 skins 

 of birds from various localities, and comprising 59 types, were 

 added to the Museum. 



Seventeen rare species from Upper Burma were presented by 

 Colonel Wardlaw-Eamsay, to aid in the preparation of the 

 ' Catalogue of Birds,' on the sixth volume of which I was then 

 at work. A second donation of 260 birds from India and the 

 Malay Peninsula, was made by Captain Stackhouse Pinwill. 



Nineteen birds from the Pacific Islands were presented by 

 Dr. Coppinger, from the voyage of the "Alert." Two hundred 

 specimens from Gilgit were given by Colonel J. Biddulph 

 (cf. 'Ibis,' 1881, pp. 35-102, 1882, pp. 266-290), and 106 speci- 

 mens from California were presented by Lord Walsingham. 



