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53 birds from Somei'setshire ; collected and pret^enfed by Robin 

 Kemp, Esq. 



116 nests, chiefly from Spain and the British Islands ; presented 

 by Capt. H. Lynes, R.N., CB., CM.G. 



Asia. 



265 birds from the Deccan, Southern India : presented by (\tpt. 

 P. H. Gosse.R.A.M.C, 



100 birds from Palestine : colJerfed and presented by Colonel R. 

 Meinertzhayen. 



12 birds from North-east Sil)eria ; received in exchange from 

 Lord William Percy. 



139 birds from Java ; roUerted and presented by Herbert C. 

 Robinson. Esq. 



525 birds from Annam ; r.ollected and presented by Herbert C. 

 Robinson and C. Boden Kloss, Esqrs. 



44 nests and 510 eggs from North China; collected and pre- 

 sented by J. D. La Touche^ Esq. 



13 birds from Java ; presented, by Airs, i^liaplin. 



Africa. 



31 birds from Somaliland, including the type specimen of 

 Columba olivce ; collected and presented by Geoffrey F. Archer, Esq. 



118 birds from the Bahr-el-Ghazal district ; presented by Major 

 C. Christy. 



163 birds from the Canary Islands, collected by D. A. 

 Bannerman, Esq. ; purchased. 



253 birds from the Belgian l*ongo, including the type specimen 

 of Crateropus tenebrosus claudei ; presented by the Tervueren Museum. 



92 birds from the Sudan ; presented by H. H. King, Esq. 



A mounted female of the Northern Ostrich (Stridhio Qamelus 

 Einn.) from north-west Africa ; presented by the Trustees of the 

 Rowland Ward Bequest. 



26 specimens from East Africa : j) resented, by Major C. H. B. 

 Grant. 



The type specimens of Seriniis sharpei from Lake Naivasha and 

 ( Idorophoneus andaryce from Uganda ; presented bij Sir Frederick 

 Jackson, K.C.M.G.,'C.B. 



211 birds from the Middle Atlas Mountains ; collected and pre- 

 sented by Capt. H. Lynes, R.iV., C.B., C.M.G. 



95 eggs from the Canary Islands ; collected and presented by D. 

 A. Bannerman, Esq. 



America. 



10. birds from th<' North-west of Baffins Bay, collected by 

 Midshipman J. Nias during the Parry Expedition, 1818 ; presented 

 by Lady Nias. 



8 birds, including recently described new forms, from San 

 Domingo ; received in exchange from Dr. Leonard C. Sanford. 



