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AvES — continued. 



One thousand three hundred and forty-six birds, nests, and 

 eggs, from Angola, Portuguese Guinea, and the Cape Verde 

 Islands, including one species, Dryoscopus turati, new to the 

 Collection, and the type of a new species of Weaver-bird 

 {Ortygospiza ansorgei), collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge. 



Twenty -nine birds from Nigeria; presented by P. A. 

 Talbot, Esq. 



America, South. 



A Darwin's Rhea (Rhea darwini) from the Woburn 

 Aviaries ; presented, by His Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.G. 



One hundred and fifty birds collected in Guatemala by 

 Mr. G. C. Shortridge ; presented by the Zoological Society. 



Ninety-five birds collected on the Rio Paraguay ; presented 

 by Geoffrey W. Tudor, Esq. 



Six hundred and forty-seven birds, six hundred and two 

 eggs, and fortj'- nests from Buenos Aires, collected by Mr. C. H, 

 B, Grant ; presented by Ernest Gibson, Esq. 



Australasia. 



One hundred and sixty-one birds from the Owen Stanley 

 Mountains, New Guinea ; presented by E. J. Brooke, Esq. 



Four hundred and two birds and twenty-nine eggs, from 

 Aru, Kei, Ceram, and Amboina ; presented by the Subscribers 

 to the Expedition sent by the British Ornithologists' Union to 

 New Guinea. 



One hundred and fifty-three birds from Australia ; presented 

 by Miss Audrey Ghirnside. 



Repttlia. 



The additions number six hundred and eight, of which five 

 hundred and fifty-two were acquired by presentation and 

 fifty-six by purchase. The following are worthy of note : — 



Europe. 



Fifteen Lizards from Portugal ; presented by Dr. H. 

 Gadow, F.R.S. 



Nine Reptiles from Malta. 



Asia. 



An Amphisbsenid Lizard new to the Collection (Pachy- 

 calamus zarudyi), from the Island of Manama in the Persian 

 Gulf ; presented by Dr. G. K. Monami. 



Seventeen Snakes from Southern Fokien, China ; presented 

 by J. Preston Maxwell, Esq. 



Seventeen Reptiles from various parts of India, including 

 types of two new Snakes {Lycodon mackinnoni and Tropido- 

 notus venningi) ; presented by Major F. Wall, I.M.S. 



