174 LIST OF DONATIONS 



Two specimens of Grey Parrot, Psittacus erithacus (Linn), from Calabar 

 Coast. Mr. Geo. Allan, Cameroons. 



Sky Lark, caught during snow-storm in March on the Town Moor. 



Master Douglas Cur vie. 



Skeleton of Yellow-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita (Lath.). This bird 

 lived 75 years in captivity in England. Mr. Alfred Hume. 



Small Foreign Finch. Mr. T. W. Futcher. 



Knot, Tringa Canutus (Linn) ; Pigmy Curlew, Pelidna subarquata. These 

 specimens are figured in Bewick's British Birds, and were presented to 

 Mr. John Hancock by Mr. R. R. Wingate, 1843. Mr. John Hancock. 



Skeleton of Scops-eared Owl, Scops Aldrovandi. Mr. John Hancock. 



Three Chinese Robins (two males and one female). Miss Ethel Noble. 



Barn Owl (female), from Norfolk. Mr. Wm. Voutt. 



Blackbird (young). Mr. John Jackson. 



Egg of Goshawk (eight years old), laid at her block, April 26th, 1888. 



Capt. F. H. Salvin, per Mr. John Hancock. 



A fine specimen of Pallas' Sand Grouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxus (female), 

 killed against the telegraph wires, near Cragside, May 23rd, 1887. 



The Right Hon. Lord Armstrong. 



Crop of Pallas' Sand Grouse, containing Clover Seed, shot near Whickham, 

 May 17th, 1888. Mr. Thos. Thompson. 



Three young Rooks, Holleyn Hall, Wylam. Mr. Wm. Dinning. 



Skeleton of Missel-Thrush, found at Willington, on the Coquet, April, 1888. 



Mr. John Hancock. 



Manx Shearwater, Puffinus Anglorum (male), downy state, from Island of 

 Eigg. Mr. Thos. Thompson. 



Six Eggs of Cereopsis Novae-Hollandia, laid in the Leazes Park, 1888. 



Mr. Wilson. 



Carrion Crow, with malformed beak, shot in Hexhamshire. 



Mr. F. Hutchinson, Benivell. 



Twenty-nine specimens of Australian Birds from Melbourne : one Regent 

 Bird, two Satin (Bower) Birds, one Diamond Wren, one Rifle Bird, 

 one Warty-faced Honey-eater, one Turtle Dove, one Azure Kingfisher, 

 one Blue Wren, one Robin, two Spotted Pardolates, one Honey-eater, 

 one Whisker Bird, one Whattle Bird, one Yellow Robin, one Yellow- 

 breasted Thick-Head, two King Parrots, two Barraband Parakeets, one 

 Scaly-breasted Parakeet, one Red Lory, two Blue-mountain Parakeets, 

 one Swift-flying Parakeet, one Musky Parakeet, one Shell Parrot, one 

 Rock Peblar. Mrs. Barnes, Whitburn. 



Puffin, Fratercula Arctica, caught on the Tyne. Mr. Wardle, Gallowgate. 



Three Cases of Stuffed Birds. Miss Harvey, Eskdale Terrace. 



