102 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM 



additions have been already mentioned ; of the others the 

 following are the most important : — 



Four hundred and forty-seven specimens from Captain 

 Savile Reid's collection ; purchased. 



A series of eighteen Cuckoo's Eggs, with the accompanying 

 clutches of the eggs of the foster paients; purchased. 



Four hundred and seventy-four Birds from various parts of 

 Hungary ; presented by the Hungarian National Museum. 



Twelve specimens from Transylvania, including a pair of 

 Merula alpestris, new to the collection, with the nest and 

 eggs ; presented by C. G. Danford, Esq. 



One hundred and eighty African Birds from the Shelley 

 collection, containing one type and two species new to the 

 collection ; purchased. 



Ten Birds from Aden, including skins of a rare Bee-eater 

 (Meroi^s cyanophi^ys) ; presented by Lieut. H. E. Barnes. 



Two specimens of a rare Chat {Myrmecocichla nigra) from 

 Angola, and the type of a new species of Timeliine Bird 

 (Amaurocichla hocagii) from the Island of St. Thomas ; 

 presented by Professor Barboza du Bocage. 



Three species of Birds, new to the collection, viz. : — 

 Harpactes whiteheadi, from Mount Kina Balu, and Columba 

 nitens and C. versicolor, from the Bonin Islands ; presented 

 by Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



One hundred and eighteen Birds from Sarawak and North- 

 western Borneo, obtained by Mr. A. H. Everett, including 

 the type of Scops rtiantananensis, and two other species new 

 to the collection ; purchased. 



One hundred and one specimens obtained in the highlands 

 of Sarawak by Mr. Charles Hose, including eleven types and 

 nineteen species new to the collection ; purchased. 



Sixteen specimens from the Island of Engano, including 

 nine species new to the collection ; purchased. 



A pair of Newton's Bower Bird (Prionodura neiutoni) 

 from Queensland ; presented by C. W. De Vis, Esq. 



The type of Platycercus erythropeplus ; purchased from 

 the Zoological Society. 



Eight species of Birds from the New Hebrides, including a 

 Pigeon {Ftilopus corriei), new to the collection ; presented by 

 Professor CoUett. 



Twenty-one Birds from the Chatham Islands, including the 

 type of a new Petrel, and three species new to the collection, as 

 well as the nearly extinct Rail, Cabalus modestus; purchased. 



Two specimens of Porzanula palr)%eri, a new species of 

 Crake fx-om Laysan Island ; presented by the Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild. 



Twenty-seven Birds from the Island of Anguilla, West 

 Indies ; presented by the West Indies Exploration Committee. 



Twenty-two specimens of Birds from various localities, 



including 



