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A hundred and one specimens of Birds from Piedmont ; 

 presented by the Turin Museum. 



Three specimens of Holboell's Falcon (Hierofalco holhoelli) 

 from Iceland ; presented by J. C. Millais, Esq. 



Forty-seven Birds from the Altai Mountains ; presented 

 by St. George Littledale, Esq. 



One hundred and sixty-eight specimens of Birds from the 

 collection made by the late Dr. SevertzofF in various parts 

 of Central Asia ; purchased. 



Forty-two specimens of Birds from China ; presented by F. 

 W. Styan, Esq. 



Eleven Birds from Java and Billiton, including three species 

 new to the collection, one being the type of 8iphia vorder- 

 mani ; presented by Dr. Vorderman. 



One hundred specimens of birds from Mount Penrisen and 

 other parts of Borneo, including the types of 8iphia everetti 

 and S. nigrogularis, besides nine species new to the collec- 

 tion; purchased. 



Twenty-five specimens of birds from the Philippine Islands, 

 collected during the Steere expedition, including the type of 

 Ceyx bournsi, and nine species new to the collection ; pur- 

 chased. 



Eighty-two specimens of birds from Madeira and the 

 Desertas, including the type of Acci^nter granti ; presented 

 by W. R. Ogilvie Grant, Esq. 



Eggs and young, with the adult birds, of the Cream-coloured 

 Courser ; also four specimens of birds from the Canary 

 Islands, three of them being species new to the collection ; 

 presented by E. G. Meade-Waldo, Esq. 



Sixteen birds collected on the Aruwhimi River, by the late 

 Mr. J. S. Jameson, including six species new to the collection, 

 and the types of Cossypha hartelloti, Diaphorop)hyia jame- 

 soni and PJwlidornis jconesoni ; presented by Mrs. Jameson. 



Twenty birds from the River Niger ; presented by Captain 

 Mochler Ferryman. 



Specimens of two species of Bustard from Somali Land, 

 Otis heuglini and 0. guidiana, both new to the collection ; 

 presented by C. Chevallier, Esq. 



Nineteen birds from the Sandwich Islands, collected by Mr. 

 Kruedsen, and containing eight species new to the collection ; 

 received in exchange from the Christiania Museum. 



The type of Pyrvhulopsis koroensis, Layard ; presented 

 by Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



Thirty-eight specimens collected on the BellendenKer Range, 

 in Queensland, including four species new to the collection ; 

 received in exchange from the Australian Museum, Sydney. 



Reptiles. — Six hundred and forty-three additions were 

 made to this class. The most important are as follows : — 



The skull of the type specimen of Geoemyda aracana ; pre- 

 sented by W. Theobald, Esq. 



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