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is greatly indebted to Mr. Jackson, who lias presented all the 

 types of the new species, a donation of the greatest value. 



Mr. Seebohm presented 289 specimens of Herons and 

 Wading Birds, and a third instalment of eggs, 8273 in number, 

 making- his donation to the oological collection in the 

 Museum 10,290 specimens. Many new species from N.W. 

 Borneo were discovered by Mr. A. H. Everett and Dr. 

 Charles Hose. 



In 1894 a further collection of Neotropical Tanagridœ was 

 presented by Dr. F. D. Godman, and 090 specimens of Ducks, 

 Herons, Grebes, etc., were given by Mr. Seebohm. Mr. 

 Howard Saunders' private collection of Gulls and Terns, 

 consisting of 490 specimens, was also acquired. Four 

 hundred and seven birds from N.W. Borneo and the 

 Philippine Islands were received from Mr. Everett, and Sir 

 Harry Johnston sent a further collection of 183 birds from 

 !Nyasa Land. Six hundred and sixty-nine specimens from 

 the Shelley collection consisted of Accipitres, Anseres, etc. 

 To the Hon. Walter Rothschild the Museum was indebted 

 for specimens of the Auckland Island Duck (Nescmetta cmck- 

 landica), and a pair of the lately-described Bird of Paradise 

 (Trichoparadisea guliehni). A series of bones of Aphanapteryx 

 and other extinct birds from the Chatham Islands was 

 obtained from Dr. H. O. Forbes. 



In 1895 Dr. Donaldson Smith presented the types of 23 

 new species of birds discovered hj him during his expedition 

 to Lake Rudolf ; and a collection of 71 birds and eggs from 

 Aden was presented by Colonel Yerbury. Mr. Alexander Fry 

 gave an interesting collection of 924 birds, with nests and 

 eggs, from Rio de Janeiro. 



A fine series of 247 birds and eggs from Madeira, Porto 

 Santo, and the Salvage Islands, was presented by the Hon. 

 Cecil Baring and Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, and one of the 

 chief acquisitions of the year was that of Colonel Godwin- 

 Austen's celebrated collection of birds from the hill-ranges 

 of Assam and Maiiipur. Three thousand one hundred and 

 twenty-four specimens from the Shelley collection were 

 registered. A collection of 179 birds from Somali Land, 

 with 9 types of new species, was received from Mr. Lort 

 Phillips, 120 specimens from Mt. Kina Balu and the 



