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procured some fine collections for Mr. C. D. Rudd. The first 

 of these was forwarded in 1908, an expedition to Namaqua Land 

 being made by Grant on behalf of Mr. Rudd, who has 

 financed all the explorations, and presented their results to 

 the British Museum. 



From Uganda Dr. Cuthbert Christ}^ sent to the Museum 

 64 birds and eggs ; and a series of 260 birds and nests from 

 British East Africa, was presented by Mr. A. Blayney 

 Percival. Mr. Robin Kemp presented 72 birds collected by 

 himself in Sierra Leone, and Lieut. Boyd Alexander gave 22 

 birds from Fernando Po, adding 15 species unrepresented in 

 the British Museum. A collection of 286 birds from Northern 

 Nyasa Land was presented by Sir Alfred Sharpe. 



Mr. Radcliffe Saunders again gave a valuable collection of 

 351 eggs, mostly from Northern Queensland. Captain Deasy 

 also presented 34 specimens from Central Asia, and Mr. H. F. 

 Witherby 106 birds, nests and eggs, from Southern Persia. 



One hundred and thirty eggs from North Cachar were 

 received from Mr. E. C.Stuart Baker and Dr. Coltart, as also 420 

 birds and eggs from the Southern Shan States, collected by 

 Mr. H. N. Thompson and Mr. W. H. Craddock. Mr. C. B. 

 Rickett presented a further collection of 989 birds from Foh- 

 Kien. Captain A. Mears presented a collection of 116 birds 

 from Upper Burma. 



Fifty eggs and nests from the Azores, collected by Mr. 

 W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, were presented by the Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild. Eighty specimens from British New Guinea 

 were given by Captain F. R. Barton, and 635 birds and 

 skeletons, collected by Mr. A. Robert in Mattogrosso, were 

 presented by Mrs. Percy Sladen. Mr. Robert also sent 275 

 birds from Pernambuco. Two hundred and forty-five birds 

 From South Arabia were received from Mr. Gr. W. Bury, and 

 466 birds from Abyssinia from Mr. E. Degen. 



In 1903 a very fine collection from Patagonia, consisting 

 of 420 birds obtained by Mr. Koslowsky, was added to the 

 Museum, as was also an interesting collection of 254 birds 

 from Paraguay, obtained from Mr. W. Foster. One hundred 

 and two birds from Cyprus were received from Miss Dorothea 

 M. A. Bate, and a further instalment of 302 birds from the 

 Camaroons from Mr. G. L. Bates. 



