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tina was acquired from Mr. A. H. Holland, and 218 birds from 

 Mr. 0. V. Aplin's expedition to Uruguay, was also added. 

 From Mr. A. H. Everett's collections from Savu and Lombok, a 

 selection of 136 specimens was made, and an interesting series 

 of 135 birds from Northern Celebes was acquired from Dr. C. 

 Hose. The Hon. Walter Rothschild again presented some 

 valuable birds to the Museum, sevaral of them being new to 

 the collection. 



In 1898, a further instalment of his collection, viz. : 678 eggs 

 from Chile, was registered from the bequest of the late 

 Mr. Berkeley James. Dr. Blanford handed over his private 

 collection of Indian birds to the Museum : it contained a 

 number of interesting species procured by him in Sind, 

 Sikhim and Central India. Mr. E. M. Hawker made in this 

 year the first of several interesting donations, when he 

 presented 186 birds, with 9 types of new species, from South 

 Arabia and Somali Land. Captain Barrett-Hamilton pre- 

 sented 232 specimens from Bering Sea, and a further 

 instalment of 116 birds from the province of Foh-Kien in 

 S. China, was presented by Mr. C. B. Bickett and Mr. J. D. 

 La Touche. Mr. J. I. S. Whitaker, who for some years has 

 devoted himself to the study of the ornithology of 1ST. W. Africa, 

 presented the Museum with a series of 40 specimens of Larks 

 and other rare birds from Marocco and Tunis. Seventy-seven 

 skeletons and birds in spirits were given by Mr. Dan 

 Meinertzhagen . 



Forty-two birds from Somali Land were presented by 

 Mr. J. Benet Stamford, and Lord Delamere also gave a very 

 interesting series of 61 skins from the same country. 



A fine collection of birds from Somali Land, containing 

 7 types of new species, was also acquired from Mr. E. Lort 

 Phillips. 



Colonel Jayakar sent another consignment of 75 birds from 

 Muscat. One hundred and eighteen birds from British 

 Guiana were presented by Mr. F. V. McConnell and Mr. J. J. 

 Quelch, and 93 birds from the Louisiade Archipelago were 

 purchased from Mr. A. S. Meek. Three hundred and forty- 

 eight birds and eggs from N.W. Borneo and the Lesser 

 Sunda Islands, were purchased from the collections of 

 Mr. A. H. Everett, 



