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expedition. A valuable collection was purchased from Mr. 

 Bohndorff on his return from the Niain-Niam country in 

 Equatorial Africa. It consisted of 228 specimens, with 8 

 species new to the Museum, and the types of 5 species. 



Sixty-nine birds from Corsica, including- the type of the 

 new Nuthatch (Sitta whitehead!) were presented by the late 

 Mr. John Whitehead. Ninety specimens from the Nilghiri 

 Hills were given by the late Mr. W. E. Davison, while 119 

 specimens were presented by the U.S. National Museum to 

 assist the preparation of the i Catalogue of Birds.' 



A large number of eggs was given to the Museum in 1884, 

 of which 826 were presented by Mr. O. Salvin and Dr. F. D. 

 Godman, 198 eggs from Pegu by Mr. E. W. Oates, 92 by the 

 late Mr. Philip Crowley, 38 from Tenasserim by Colonel 

 C. T. Bingham, while the Gould collection of 579 eggs, 

 mostly Australian, was also registered. 



A series of 332 birds from Mhow in Central India was 

 presented by Colonel Charles Swinhoe. 



In 1884 Dr. P. L. Sclater, who was engaged in writing- 

 four volumes of the f Catalogue of Birds,' consented to allow 

 the Museum to acquire his celebrated collection of American 

 birds, which has been of immense service to the Museum. 

 Seven hundred and thirty-one specimens were added in the 

 present year, containing 34 types and 56 species new to the 

 Museum. 



Among the notable additions during the year 1885 were 

 the concluding series of the eggs, 2256 in number, presented 

 by Messrs. Salvin and Godman, and 1155 eggs from the 

 Gould collection. One hundred and eighty-three eggs 

 from Madagascar were also obtained from the Rev. Deans 

 Cowan. 



The Museum also purchased the collection made by the 

 late Henry Durnford in Argentina, and described by him 

 in the ' Ibis.' Colonel Miles presented 66 birds from Muscat, 

 among them being a new Owl, Bubo milesi, and a new Bee- 

 eater, Merops muscatensis. 



The British Association presented 75 birds from Kiliman- 

 jaro, procured by Sir Harry Johnston. Six species were new 

 to science (cf. Shelley, P. Z. S., 1884, pp. 554-555). 



