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Fifty-four birds from the Gold Coast ; presented by the late 

 Colonel H. P. Northcott. 



Twenty-three birds from Bolivia ; presented by Sir Martin 

 Conway. 



Nine Jer-Falcons from Greenland ; purchased. 



Forty-one birds, including two species new to the collection^ 

 from new Guinea ; purchased. 



Four birds from Koraima, British Guiana, including the 

 type of a new finch (Zonotrichia macconnelli) ; presented 

 by F. V. McConnell, Esq. 



Eighteen birds from the island of Hainan, collected by the 

 late Mr. John Whitehead, including the types of five new *i 

 species ; presented by J. T. Thomasson, Esq. ! 



One hundred and thirty-six birds and six eggs from the 

 island of Hainan, collected by the late Mr. John Whitehead ; 

 purchased. 



One hundred and ninety birds from South China, including 

 the types of three new species, and an adult pair of the very 

 rare Scaly Merganser {Merganser squamatus) ; presented 

 by Capt. A. W. S. Wingate. 



Four hundred and sixteen birds from S. Abyssinia, including 

 the types of sixteen new species, and ten not previously repre- 

 sented in the collection ; presented by H. Weld-Blundell, Esq., 

 and Lord Lovat. 



Reptilia. — Nine hundred and thirty-nine specimens were 

 added, of which five hundred and forty-one were received by 

 presentation, three hundred and seventy-eight by purchase, 

 and twenty by exchange. 



The following are the most important additions. 



Ninety-four .specimens collected by Mr. A. B. Percival in 

 Southern Arabia, among them a new Amphisbasnid of the 

 genus Agamodon ; purchased. 



One hundred and eighty specimens, collected by Mr. W. R. 

 Ogilvie-Grant and Dr. H. O. Forbes on Socotra and Abd- 

 el-Kuri, among which are a Gecko new to the collection 

 (Phyllodactylus riebeckii) and the types of eight new species 

 {Phgllodactylus trachyrhinus, Hemidactylus granti, H. 

 forhesii, H. 'pumilus, H. oxyrhinus, Parachalcides socotra- 

 nus, Glauconia filiformis, G. macrura) ; presented by the 

 Royal Society. 



Thirty-four specimens from N.W. Persia, obtained by Mr. 

 R. T. Giinther on his expedition to Lake Urmi ; presented by 

 the Royal Society. 



Nine specimens from Persia and Central Asia, including 

 types of five new species {Testudo zarudnyi, Teratoscincus 

 hedriagce, Alsophylax przewalskii, Gymnodactylus longipes, 

 Eremias nigro-ocellata) ; received in exchange from the 

 Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. 



