114 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



4 eggs, 2 of Grus vwnachus and 2 of G. leucauchen (habitat 

 E. Siberia), laid in confinement at Scampston Hall, Yorks., pre- 

 viously unrepresented in tbe collection; presented by W. H. St. 

 Qxiintm., Esq. 



Asia. 



The type of Cotile riparia indica from the Punjab; presented 

 by H. Whistler, Esq. 



4 Birds from Siam, including the types of Picus rubricollans, 

 Nigravis herberti, and Schamiparus rufigulans major; presented 

 by E. G. Herbert, Esq. 



The type of Pellorneum rujiceps minus from N.W. Himalayas; 

 presented by A. E. Jones, Esq. 



41 Birds from Mesopotamia and Persia; presented by P. A. 

 Buxton, Esq. 



37 Birds from Ceylon; presented by W. W. A. PJiillips, Esq. 



172 Birds and 69 eggs from Palestine and Mesopotamia ; 

 presented by Capt. C. R. S. Pitman. 



163 Birds from China; presented by E. B. Howell, Esq. 



608 Birds from Sumatra; presented by Messrs. H. C. Robin- 

 son and C' B. Kloss. 



3 Birds from Sind, Baluchistan and Mesopotamia, t3"pes of 

 Crateropus canorus sindianus, Pycnonotus leucotis Tnesopotamica, 

 and lanthocincla lineata ziaratensis; presented by Dr. C. B. 

 Ticehurst. 



A nest and 5 eggs of the Mesopotamian j^parrow (Passer- 

 moabiticvs mesopotamicus) ; presented by Maj. R. E . Cheesman. 



Africa. 



19 Birds from Kordofan; presented by Maj. Claude Graham. 



A restoration of the Bourbon Dodo or White Dodo [Didus 

 borbonicus) ; presented by the Trustees of the Rowland Ward 

 Bequest. 



608 Birds from Sierra Leone and Nigeria; collected by W. P. 

 Lowe, Esq, 



A male West African Ostrich [Struthio camelus) from the 

 Gold Coast; presented by the Trustees of the Rowland Ward 

 Bequest. 



261 Birds and 114 eggs from Uganda; presented by L. M. 

 Seth- Smith, Esq. 



127 Birds from Darfur and Kordofan, including types of the 

 following : Mirafra rufa, Anthus sordidus jebelmarrce, Amadina 

 fasciata furensis, Saxicola tofquata jebelmarrce, Myrmecocichla 

 (Ethiops sudanensis, Prionops concinnata ochracea, Micropus 

 cequatorialis furensis, and Fringillaria striolata jehelmarrce; 

 presented by Capt. H. Lynes, C.B., R.N. 



569 Birds from Cameroons; presented by G. L. Bates, Esq. 



248 Birds from Cameroons; purchased. 



133 Birds from Rhodesia, including the type of Lybiu.r 

 chaplini; presented by Col. Stephenson R. Clarke, C.B. 



395 Birds from the Canary Islands; purchased from D. A. 

 Bannerman, Esq. 



