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type of a new Pigeon, Carpophaga everetti from Mantanani 

 Island were collected by Mr. A. H. Everett, and 69 birds 

 from Ichang, in Western China by Mr. A. E. Pratt. 



In 1890 six further instalments of the great Salvin- 

 Godman collection of Neotropical birds were presented, the 

 last of the Sclater Collection (834 Picarian Birds), and 761 

 specimens from the Shelley collection were received. Mr. 

 Seebohrn continued to present to the Museum all the 

 specimens requisite for the publication of the ' Catalogue of 

 Birds,' and many other interesting collections were acquired, 

 including 216 eggs from Fao, in the Persian Gulf, presented 

 by Mr. W. D. Cmnming. Mr. St. George Littledale also 

 presented 47 birds from the Altai Mountains, Mr. W. P. 

 Ogilvie-Grant 82 specimens from Madeira and the Désertas^ 

 and Mr. McCorniick bequeathed to the Museum 142 

 specimens collected by him during his Arctic and Antarctic 

 voyages with the " Erebus and Terror. 11 A valuable asset 

 of the year 1890 was the presentation by Mr. J. H. Gurney 

 of 543 African birds from his father's collection, being the 

 material on which many of the papers in the e Ibis,' on the 

 birds of Natal and the Transvaal, were founded. 



Mr. Seebohrn undertook the arrangement of oui' collection 

 of birds' eggs in the succeeding year, 1891, and presented a 

 large portion of his own collection, to the number of 5017 

 specimens. Four thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven 

 specimens of Neotropical birds were presented by Dr. F. D. 

 Salvili and Mr. Osbert Godman, and three further instalments 

 of the Shelley collection were received. Two hundred and 

 sixty-three specimens from Central Chile and Tarapacà were 

 presented by Mr. H. Berkeley James. In the previous year 

 240 birds had been received in exchange from Mr. E. L. 

 Moseley, who had been one of the members of the Steere 

 Expedition to the Philippines, and in 1891 were added 186 

 further specimens. Four hundred and eighteen birds collected 

 during the second Tarkand Mission were received in exchange 

 from the India Museum, Calcutta, and many other interesting 

 species were added to the Museum during this year, including 

 the eggs (501) of Gulls and Terns from Mr. Howard Saunders 1 

 private collection, and presented by him. 



In 1892 Mr. Seebohrn presented to the Museum a further 



