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Yangtse through Hun-an, Kwei-chu, and Yunnan, comprising 

 184 Birds (including several species new to the Museum), 

 84 Shells (including a very fine new species of Vivipara), 

 and 20 Insects of various orders. 



From Lieut.-Col. Manning. — A collection of birds from 

 Nyasaland, including two species not represented in the 

 Museum collection. 



From Mr. Alfred Sharpe, C.B., Her Majesty's Commissioner 

 and Consul-General for British Central Africa, Mr. J. F. 

 Cunningham, Secretary, and Mr. J. McClounie, Acting Col- 

 lector of Revenues. — Four Meteoric Stones which were seen 

 to fall on the morning of 25 January, 1899, in native 

 villages on the eastern slopes of Mount Zomba, in British 

 Central Africa ; together with a full report of the circum- 

 stances attending the fall. 



From the London Basalt Stone Company. — A natural 

 hexagonal column of basalt 14| feet long and weighing 

 6 cwt. 33 lbs., from Rhenish Prussia. 



From Sir Leonard Lyell, Bart. — The Moss Herbarium of 

 the late Charles Lyell, Esq., of Kinnordy. 



Exchanges and Gifts of Duplicates. 



Exchanges of specimens have been made with the following 

 institutions and individuals : — 



Of Zoological Specimens. — With the University Museum 

 of Zoology, Cambridge ; the Hope Museum, Oxford ; the 

 Trevandrum Museum, Travancore ; the Raffles Museum, 

 Singapore ; the Field Columbian Museum, Chicago ; Columbia 

 College, New York; the Imperial Academy of Sciences, St. 

 Petersburg ; the Christiania Museum (through Prof. Collett) ; 

 Dr. J. Stolzmann ; Dr. A. Duges ; Mons. Doumergue ; Dr. H. 

 Roeschke; Sig. E. E. Gigoux ; Dr. Philip B. Mason; Mr. 

 Martin Jacoby ; Dr. F. Werner ; Mr. F. Bates ; Mr. O. 

 Janson ; Dr. Ohaus ; Dr. Heath ; Prof. A. A. W. Hubrecht ; 

 Mons. R. Oberthur ; Mr. E. E. Green ; Mr. F. A. Fairlie ; and 

 Drs. C. F. and P. B. Sarasin. 



Of Fossils. — With the Museum of Science and Art, Edin- 

 burgh ; the United States National Museum, Washington ; 

 the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris ; Prof. O. C. Marsh ; 

 and Mr. R. F. Damon. 



Of Minerals and Meteorites. — With Prof. H. A. Miers, 

 F.R.s., and Mr. A. E. Foote. 



Of Botanical Specimens. — With the United States National 

 Herbarium, Washington ; Miss Roberts ; Mr. W. R. Laing ; 

 Prof. Farlow, of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University ; 

 and Mr. Charles Horrell. 



