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Mammalia — continued. 



Australasia. 



One hundred and twenty-seven mammals from the Utakwa 

 and Setakwa Rivers, New Guinea ; presented by the subscribers 

 to the Wollaston Expedition to Dutch New Guinea. 



Thirty-nine mammals from Melville Island ; purchased. 



AVES. 



The acquisitions number eight thousand seven hundred and 

 fifty-five. Of these, the most noteworthy are as follows : — 



Europe. 



Sixty eggs of British birds ; presented by J. H. Jobson, Esq. 



Fourteen examples of British birds ; presented by Geoffrey 

 liar ley, Esq. 



Fourteen birds from county Waterford ; presented by the 

 late Major G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton. 



Parent bird and three young of Strepsilas interpres : parent 

 birds, young, and egg of Tringa minuta from Kolguev Island ; 

 parent, young, and egg of Squatarola helvetica from Waigats 

 Island ; parent bird, young and eggs of Eudromias morinellus 

 from Dolga Bay ; presented by Colonel H. W. Feilden, G.B. 



Six nestling examples of the Woodcock and four hybrid 

 ducks— i/arec(X penelope x Dafila acuta, Anas boscas x Mareca 

 penelope, Mareca americana x Anas boscas, Mareca arneri- 

 cana x Mareca sibilatrix ; presented by Sir Richard 

 Graham, Bart. 



Forty- one birds from Hungary ; presented by the Eon. 

 JSr. G. Rothschild. 



Yorij birds from various localities in Scotland and the 

 adjacent islands ; presented by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Esq. 



Fifty-six birds from Inverness, collected by Mr. C. H. B. 

 Grant ; purchased. 



Twenty-one birds from the Outer Hebrides, collected by 

 Mr. D. Anderson, presented by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Esq. 



Twenty-nine birds from the Inner Hebrides, collected by 

 Mr. P. D. Montague; presented by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Esq. 



One hundred and twenty-four British birds, collected by 

 Mr. D. A. Bannerman ; purchased. 



Thirty-seven birds from Somersetshire, collected by Mr. 

 F. H. Laurence Whish ; purchased. 



An immature male example of the Carolina Crake {Porzana 

 Carolina) from Stornoway, N.B. ; collected and presented by 

 A. Blain, Esq. 



An example of the St. Kilda Wren (Troglodytes hirtensis) 

 received in exchange from the Royal Scottish Museum, 

 Edinburgh. 



