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eggs have been acquired during the year, viz., that of the 
Tawny Owl {Syrnivm aluco), presented by Mr. C. B. Hors- 
burgh, and that of the Grasshopper Warbler {Locustella 
ncevia), presented by Dr. J. E. Kelso and Mr. John Stares. 
" Six additional pier-cases have been placed in the Bird 
Gallery, coutaiuing groups of certain families, such as the 
Birds of Paradise, Bower-birds, &c. 
" During the past year considerable accessions have been 
made to the osteoJogical and oological collections. These 
have been registered and incorporated, and marked progress 
has been made in the arrangement of the skeletons and eggs 
of birds. 
" The collection of eggs is being catalogued by Mr. Eugene 
W. Gates, who has, in the course of the year, arranged 
15,000 specimens in the cabinets, and has completed the 
first volume of the ^ Catalogue of Birds^ Eggs in the British 
Museum,^ published by the Trustees. The second volume 
of this important work is also shortly to be issued, and the 
third volume is in progress. 
/' The whole of the large collection of skeletons and 
bones of the Accipitres has been arranged and labelled by 
Mr. W. P. Pycraft, who has also determined all the acces- 
sions to the collectionof birds in spirit. 
'^ Mr. Robert Reid, who has been a voluntary assistant 
in the Museum for some years past, has done the entire 
registration and labelling of the accessions, and his help is 
gratefully acknowledged by the officers of the Bird-section. 
" The total number of additions to the specimens of the 
Class of Birds is 19,743, of which the following deserve 
especial notice : — 
" Fifteen thousand one hundred and fifty eggs bequeathed 
by the late Mr. Philip Crowley: 150 birds (including the 
types of two new species), 660 eggs, and 20 nests from China, 
presented by Mr. C. B. Rickett : 28 birds in spirit, pre- 
sented by Mr. J. D. La Touche : a valuable collection of 
birds and eggs from the ^ Southern Cross ' Antarctic 
Expedition, presented by Sir George Newnes, Bart. : the 
type of a new species of bird, Eremiornis carttri, from 
W. Australia, presented by Mr. T. Carter : 3 birds, including 
