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Sixty-six specimens of Eider Ducks iSomaterla 'niollis- 

 , sima), and Black Guillemots ( Urla grylle), illustrating the 

 changes of plumage ; from North Norway ; purchased. 



A skeleton of the Dalmatian Pelican (Felecanus crispus) ;. 

 presented by the Director of Kew Gardens. 



Eight Birds from Nyasaland, including the type of a new 

 Francolin (FrancoUnus crcuushayi) ; presented by Richard 

 Crawshay, Esq. 



Thirty-seven Birds from Nyasaland; presented by Consul 

 Alfred Sharpe. 



Seventy-two specimens of Birds from Nyasaland, including 

 the types of the new species, Oriolus chlorocej^halus, Crypto- 

 sj)iza australis, and Gviniger olivaceiceps ; presented by Sir 

 H. H. Johnston, K.c.B. 



Thirty-five specimens from Lake Albert Edward district ; 

 presented by G. F. Scott Elliot, Esq. 



Thirty-one Birds from Machakos, East Africa, including 

 the types of two new species, Cisticola hindii and Serinuf^ 

 fagani ; presented by Dr. Hinde. 



Twenty-one specimens of Birds from Matabeleland ; pre- 

 sented by F. C. Selous, Esq. 



A rare Pigeon, Haplopelia principalis, from West Africa, 

 new to the collection ; presented by the Committee of the 

 Owens College, Manchester. 



Thirty-five Birds from Mashonaland ; presented by Guy A. 

 K. Marshall, Esq. 



Ninety-six Birds from Somaliland ; purchased. 



The Steere Collection of Philippine Biixls, being the series 

 of skins obtained by Professor J. B. Steere during his expedi- 

 tion to the Philippine Archipelago. This collection numbered 

 one thousand six hundred and forty specimens, containing 

 forty-four types, and fifteen species new to the collection ; 

 purchased. 



A young Bligh's Whistling Thrush (^Myiophonus hlighi), 

 with the nest and eggs, from Ceylon ; presented by E. W. 

 Antram, Esq. 



Two small collections of Birds from the mountains of 

 South-eastern New Guinea, containing Paradisomis rudol- 

 phi, the Blue-plumed Bird of Paradise, and other species new 

 to the collection, including the types of Oreops'dtacus grandi^ 

 and Melipotes atriceps ; purchased. 



Seventeen Birds from Persia ; presented by F. Gillett, Esq. 



A pair of Sitta magna, the Great Nuthatch of Burma ; pre- 

 sented by Major Rippon. 



Thirty-two Birds from the Celebean Archipelago, contain- 

 ing eleven species new to the collection ; purchased. 



Eleven Birds of Paradise from Mount Victoria, British New 

 Guinea ; purchased. 



The egg of the Bed-breasted Goose (Bernicla ruficollis), 

 from the Yenisei River ; presented by H. L. Popham, Esq. 



Nests, with parent-birds, of a Sun-bird {CEthopyga magni- 

 0.125. fica), 



