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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



30 birds from Arctic America, collected by Admiral Sir A. H. 

 Markham, K.C.B., daring the voyage o£ H.M.S. " Alert," 1875-76 ; 

 presented hy Ladij Markham. 



102 birds from Jamaica ; presented hy Mrs. Harvey. 



9 birds from Queen (Jharlottc Islands, British Columbia, includ- 

 ing species which had been desiderata to the collection ; received in 

 exi3hange from Major Allan Brooks. 



85 oggs from the Falkland Islands ; presented Ity Mrs. Julia 

 Cohh. 



Australasia. 



318 birds from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands ; presented by 

 Gregory M. Mathews, Esq. 



Reptilia. 



312 specimens were added to the collection, 272 by presentation, 

 40 by exchange. 



The following deserve notice : — 



Europe. 



4 snakes from Salonica. Presented hy ('aj)t. J. Waterston. 

 Asia. 



16 Reptiles from Sinai and Palestine. Presented hy Major E. 

 E. An St en, JJ.S.O. 



38 Reptiles from Mesopotamia, including a snake, Naia morgani, 

 new to the collection : presented hy the Bombay Natural History 

 Society. 



34 Reptiles from Mesopotamia, including a remarkable Lizard, 

 Acanthodadylns boskiaints, var. enphratiriis ; /-resented by Dr. C. L. 

 Eoulenc/er. 



11 Reptiles from Mesopotamia ; presented by Major C. Christy. 



5 Reptiles from Mesopotamia ; presented by Capt. P. A. Buxton. 

 3 Lizards from the South (Joast of the ('aspian Sea ; presented 



by ('apt. P. A. Buxton. 



31 Reptiles from Persia and Baluchistan, including a Viper, 

 Pseudocerastes persieus, new to the collection, and the type of a new 

 Snake, < 'ontia condoni ; j)resented }>y the Bombay Natural History 

 Society. 



A rare Tortoise, Test ado impressa, and 7 specimens of a little- 

 known Sea Snake, HydropJus brookii, from Siam ; presented by Br. 

 Malrolm Smith. 



Africa. 



59 specimens selected from the collection made by Major C. 

 Christy for the Belgian Grovernment in the Belgian Congo, including 

 examples of a Chameleon, Rhampholeon boulengeri, new to the 

 collection ; presented by the Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



11 specimens from the Belgian Congo, including a Lizard, 

 Bedriagaia tropidopholis, new to the collection, and the type of a 

 new Snake, Glauconia kafubi ; presented by the Congo Museum, 

 Tervueren. 



