142 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 



AvEs — continued. 



Sixteen birds from Co. Sligo, Ireland, including the type of 

 the newly described Irish Coal Tit {Farus hibernicus) ; pre- 

 sented by Collingwood Ingram, Esq. 



The first British killed specimen of the Carolina Crake 

 (Porzana Carolina) ; presented by H. S. W. Eyre, Esq. 

 Asia. 



Six hundred and seventy-six birds from S. China ; received 

 in exchange from Lt.-Commander R. E. Vaughan, R.N. 



One hundred and eight birds from S. China ; presented by 

 Staff-Surgeon C. E. C. Stanford, B.N. 



One hundred and sixty-six birds from the Highlands of 

 Formosa; presented by A. E. Wileman, Esq. 



Four birds from Formosa, including the type of a new- 

 species {Nucifraga owstoni) ; presented by Collingwood 

 Ingram, Esq. 



Sixty-one birds from the N.W. Provinces of India ; presented 

 by Capt. C. H. T. Whitehead. 



One hundred and sixty-two Kalij Pheasants from Burma, 

 including six species new to the Collection, and seven type- 

 specimens (E. W. Oates Collection). 



Four birds from Upper Burma, including the types of three 

 new sub-species ; presented by Major H. H. Harington. 



One hundred and foriy-one birds from Annam, including the 

 type of a new species of Pigeon (Crocopus annamensis). 

 Collected by Dr. J. J. Vassal. 



One hundred and fifteen birds from Borneo ; presented by 

 the Subscribers to the Expedition sent by the British Ornith- 

 ologists' Union to Mew Guinea. 

 Africa. 



Four birds, including two specimens of a Chaffinch (Frin- 

 gilla polatzeki) new to the Collection, from Grand Canary ; 

 presented by D. A. Bannerman, Esq. 



A Whale-headed Stork (Balceniceps rex), from the Bahr-el- 

 Ghazal ; presented by Lt.-General Sir Francis Wingate, K.G.B., 

 K.C.M.G., D.S.O. 



Forty-five birds from Somaliland and S. Abyssinia ; pre- 

 sented by Dr. B. E. Dralce-Brockman. 



Four hundred and twenty-nine birds from British East 

 Africa, and from the Kilimanjaro district, collected by Mr. Robin 

 Kemp ; presented by C. D. Budd, Esq. 



Two hundred and nineteen birds, from various localities in 

 British East Africa ; presented by S. L. Hinde, Esq. 



Two hundred and eighty- three birds from the Mabira Forest, 

 British East Africa ; presented by L. M. Seth-Sinith, Esq. 



The type-specimens of Stiphrornis mabiroe, Alethe kiku- 

 yuensis, and five other species recently described, from British 

 East Africa; presented by F. J. Jackson, Esq., C.B., G.M.G. 



One hundred and fifty-nine birds and three eggs from Lake 

 Ngami, collected by Mr. R. B. Woosnam and the Hon. Gerald 

 Legge ; presented by the subscribers to the Lake Ngami 

 Expedition Fund. 



