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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THR BRITISH MUSEtfM. 



The Blanford collection, consisting of 1,344 specimens 

 from various parts of the Indian Empire ; presented by 

 Dr. W. T. Blanford, f.r.s. 



Thirty-three birds from Franz-Josef Land, obtained during 

 the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition, and presented by F. G. 

 Jackson, Esq. 



Six hundred and seventy-eight eggs of Chilian birds ; 

 bequeathed by the late H. Berkeley James, Esq. 



Seventy-six specimens from the Philippine Islands, collected 

 by Mr. John Whitehead; purchased. 



Forty-two birds from Somaliland, including the type of 

 Caprimulgus torridus, a new species of Nightjar ; presented 

 by J. Bennet Stanford, Esq. 



Ninety-seven birds from N.W. Fohkien, including the 

 types of seven new species ; presented by C. B. Rickett and 

 J. D. La Touche, Esqs. 



A nest of Quiscalus crassirostris from Jamaica ; presented 

 by Lady Blake. 



A pair of Glaucous Gulls {Larus glaucus) with nestlings, 

 as well as several nestlings of the Little Stint and other 

 Arctic birds ; presented by H. J. Pearson, Esq. 



Nineteen birds from Somaliland ; presented by C. V. A. 

 Peel, Esq. 



A specimen of the rare Borncan Cuckoo Falcon (Baza 

 horneensis) from Sarawak ; presented by Charles Hose, Esq. 



Twenty-five birds from St. Aignan Island, Louisiade 

 Archipelago, including three species new to the collection ; 

 collected by Mr. A. S. Meek ; purchased. 



One hundred and sixty-four birds from Flores, including 

 eight species new to the collection, eighty-six birds from 

 Waingapo, and ninety birds from Borneo, containing many 

 rare and unrepresented species ; obtained by the late Mr. 

 A. H. Everett ; purchased. 



Two hundred and thirty-two birds from Bering Sea ; 

 presented by G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, Esq. 



A series of the Central European Nutcracker {Nucifraga 

 relicta) from Austria ; received in exchange from Victor 

 Ritter von Tschusi zu Schmidhoft'en. 



Two hundred specimens from Somaliland, including seven 

 types of new species and eight other species new to the 

 collection ; obtained by E. Lort-Phillips, Esq. ; purchased. 



Eighteen birds from the Chin Hills, Burma, including the 

 type of a new Pheasant [Gennceus iviclchami). 



Forty-four birds, fifteen nests and eggs, thirteen skeletons 

 from Christmas Island ; collected by Mr. C. W. Andrews ; 

 presented by Sir John Murray, k.c.b. 



Four hundred and forty-three specimens of birds from 

 Canada. Received in exchange from J. H. Fleming, Esq., of 

 Toronto. 



