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fifty eggs, from the collection formed by the late Mr. Philip 

 Crowley, were given by him to the British Museum. It con- 

 tained the whole of Canon Tristram's series of eggs, 

 among them being one of the Great Auk (Plautus imypennis). 

 The collection was also rich in eggs of Australian birds, 

 and added those of numbers of species to the Museum 

 cabinets. 



Fifty-two birds from Somali Land, collected by Dr. Donaldson 

 Smith, were presented by H. H. The Gaekwar of Baroda, and 

 Lord Delamere gave a collection of 970 specimens, the result 

 of his expedition to British East Africa. 



A further series of 100 specimens from Somali Land was 

 presented by Dr. Donaldson Smith, and 41 birds from the 

 same country were given by Colonel J. J. Harrison. 



The Hon. Charles Eothschild and Dr. A. F. R. Wollaston 

 gave an interesting collection of 66 birds from the Egyptian 

 Sudan. 



A large collection of birds, eggs, and nests from Southern 

 China, 730 specimens in all, were presented by Mr. C. B. 

 Rickett. 



The collection of Tits (Paridce), consisting of 529 specimens, 

 formed by Professor M. Menzbier, was also acquired for the 

 Museum, which was further indebted to Sir George Newnes 

 for a series of 186 birds and eggs collected by Mr. Nikolai 

 Hanson during the Antarctic voyage of the " Southern 

 Cross.*" M. Herbert C. Robinson presented a further series 

 of 107 birds from Queensland, and Sir William Ingram gave 

 a collection of 103 birds obtained in Sao Paulo by Mr. A. 

 Robert. 



Several friends of the Museum continued to contribute to 

 the Ornithological collection, e.g., 54 birds from the 

 Shan States were given by Colonel Rippon, 370 birds and 

 eggs from the "Upper White Mie by Mr. R. M. Hawker, 

 37 birds from the Egyptian Sudan by Mr. H. F. Witherby, 

 and 52 specimens from "Northern China by Mr. C. W. 

 Campbell. 



During the past few years several collections had been 

 made in the Moluccas, "New Guinea and the Papuan Islands 

 by Everett, Dumas, Lucas, Meek, Kühn, and other naturalists, 

 for the Hon. Walter Rothschild, and of these the Museum 



