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48 Birds from Baluchistan ; presented hy Capt. F. E. W. Venning. 

 38 Birds from Siam ; presented hy K. G. Gairdner, Esq. 

 15 Bustards, Cranes and Geese from Chin-Wang-tao, N. China ; 

 presented by J. D. La Toucke, Esq. 



Africa. 



2,357 Birds from the Sudan ; collected and presented hy A. L. 

 Butler, Esq. 



57 Birds from Egypt ; collected by the late Capt. J. B. Jen- 

 kinson. Rifle Brigade ; presented hy Mrs. Jenkinson. 



6 Birds from the Gold Coast, mounted for the public gallery ; 

 presented hy the Trustees of the late James Rowland Ward. 



A Restoration of the Dodo (Didiis ineptus) ; presented hy the 

 Trustees of the late James Roioland Ward. 



America, North. 



40 Birds from North Carolina ; presented hy the Hon. G. 

 Charter is. 



America, Central and South. 



2 mounted examples of Rhea darwini from Patagonia ; 

 presented hy the Trustees of the late James Rowland Ward. 



367 Birds from the neighbourhood of Merida, Venezuela ; 

 purchased. 



1,211 Birds, chiefly from the West Indies, including the type- 

 specimens of Euethia johnstonei and Coereha laurce ; collected by 

 Dr. Percy R. Lowe ; purchased. 



Australasia. 



The type-specimen of Trichoglossus brooki from Pulo Swangi, 

 South of Tarangan Island, Aru Islands ; presented hy E. J. Brook, 

 Esq. 



45 Birds from Dampier and Vulcan Islands, Northern New 

 Guinea ; purchased. 



Antarctica. 



2 nestling specimens of Macronectes gigantea from the South 

 Orkney Islands ; presented hy Vere Pack, Esq. 



Reptilia. 



281 specimens were received ; 270 by presentation, 3 by 

 purchase, 8 by exchange. 



The following are the most important additions : — 



44 specimens from Asia Minor ; jwesented hy M. Henri Gadeau 

 de Kerville. 



24 snakes from Ceylon ; j^resented hy A. F. Ahercromhy, Esq. 



23 specimens from Siam ; presented hy Dr. Malcolm Smith 

 and C. Boden Kloss, Esq. 



13 specimens from Siam, including a Sea-snake (Distira 

 tuherculata) new to the collection ; presented hy Dr. Malcolm Smith. 



