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From H. R. H. the Comte de Paris. — An Albino specimen 

 of the Spanish Blue Magpie {Cyanopolius cooki), caught near 

 Villamaurique, Seville. 



From the Countess of Galloway. — A Hochstetter's Parrakeet 

 {Gyanorha'inphus hochstetteri) from Antipodes Island; and 

 other valuable birds from islands in the South Pacific. 



From the Natal Government, through Sir Frederick Abel. 

 — A collection of Fossils, &c., from Natal, comprising 

 various remains, of cretaceous age, from Umtamvana Eiver ; 

 the base of a large siliciiied tree-trunk from the Jurassic beds 

 east of the Drakenberg Mountains ; and 25 rock specimens. 



From H. H. Johnston, Esq., C.B., H.B.M. Commissioner and 

 Consul-General for British Central Africa. — A further 

 valuable collection of zoological specimens from Nyasaland. 



From the Governors of Cheltenham Hospital, through 

 Dr. E. T. Wilson. — The articulated skeleton of a young 

 Chimpanzee {Troglodytes niger), dissected and described by 

 Dr. Edward Tyson in his " Anatomy of a Pygmie " in the 

 year 1699, with a copy of the work. 



From F. D. Godman and O. Salvin, Esqrs. — Further 

 valuable consignments of Insects, including two instalments 

 of their collection of Central American Coleoptera of the 

 order Phytophaga, and two instalments of their collection of 

 Butterflies of the Old World. 



From Henry Seebohm, Esq. — A further valuable series of 

 specimens of Birds, comprising 854 Ducks and Geese, 58 

 Grebes, and four Coursers (including the types of Cursorius 

 hartingi). 



From Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel A. S. G. Jayakar. — An 

 interesting collection of animals from Muscat and the neigh- 

 bouring districts of Arabia. 



From St. George Littledale, Esq. — A valuable series of 

 animals obtained by^ him during his last expedition across 

 Central Asia and China, including two specimens (male and 

 female) of the Camel discovered by General Przwaldski living 

 in a wild state in the mountains east of Lob Nor. 



From G. C. Trench, Esq. — The skull of an adult aboriginal 

 Tasmanian. 



From James McMurtrie, Esq. — A valuable collection of 

 fossdl plants obtained from the Upper Coal Measures of 

 Radstock. 



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