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1892. 



Mar. 30. Australian Piping Crow, Gumnorhina tibicen (for skeleton), 



Mr. J. Duncan. 

 April 29. A fine specimen of Vultur monachus, Linn., and two of Lams 

 gelastes, J ? , shot in Spain, May 8th, 1883. 



Mj: Abel Chapman, Sunderland. 

 May 9. Two Herring Gulls, Larus argentatics, immature, near Culler- 

 coats, May 7, 1892. Mr. John Duncan. 

 ,, 18. Two Nests of Thrush, built close together in a shrub one foot 

 from the ground, close to a house in course of erection at 

 East Bank, Corbridge, four eggs in each, 



31r. Wm. Turnbulljjun., Corbridge-on-Tyne. 

 ,, 18. Snowy Owl (for skeleton), died in Menagerie at Gateshead. 



Presented by the Proprietor. 



„ 19. Two Black-headed Gulls, Larus ridibundus, S near Stam- 



fordham. Mr. John Duncan. 



June 1. Nest and Eggs of Thrush built in a Tree in fr.int of 19, Clare- 



mont Place. D. Embkton, Esq., M.D. 



,, 16. Head of Small Hornbill, Lophoceros nasutus, shot on the river 



Gambia, S. Africa, 400 miles from the mouth 



Mi: Wm. Cooper, Baltic Chambers, Quay. 

 ,. 16. Starling in first plumage. Cross House, Leazes. 



Mr. E. 0. Reid. 

 ,, 16. Five Silver Pheasants and five Common Pheasants, young, bred 

 in Newcastle. Mr, Alfred Hume, Burdon Terrace. 



,, 16. Young of Golden Pheasant, 10 days old. 



Mr. Bolton, Northumberland Street. 

 ,, 16. Two Lories from Malekula, New Hebrides. 



Surgeon D. McNabb, R.N., Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

 June 18. Specimens of New Zealand Birds — 



Three Owl Parrots, Stringops habroptihs. 



Two Brown Parrots, Nestor meridionalis. 



Three Owen's Kiwi, Apteryx Owenii. 



One Apteryx australis. 



Two Wekas, Ocydromus australis. 



Two Fruit Pigeons, Carpophaga Novce-Zealandice. 



One Starling, Sturnus vulgaris, introduced into N.Z. 



One Orange Wattled Crow, Glaucopis cinerea. 



Two Kingfishers, Halcyon vagans. 



Two White Herons from Tonga. 



One Bittern, Botaurus pceciloptilus. 



Two Black Oyster-catchers, Hcematopus unicolor. 



Two Pied Oyster-catchers, //. longirostris. 



