160 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



AvES — continued. 



Two hundred and twenty-seven eggs from Buenos Aires ; 

 presented by Ernest Gibson, Esq. 



Three thousand three hundred and fifteen Humming-birds, 

 seven hundred and twenty of which are mounted in forty- 

 nine cases and placed in the Exhibition Galleries ; presented by 

 R. J. Balston, Esq. 



An immature Rhea ; presented by Sir Edmund Loder, 

 Bart. 



Nine birds from Trinidad ; presented by Collingivood 

 Ingram, Esq. 



Forty-six birds from the West Indian and Bermuda Islands, 

 including the type specimen of Carduelis carduelis bermudi- 

 una ; presented by John N. Kennedy, Esq. 



Forty-five eggs from the Falkland Islands ; presented by 

 Rupert Vallentin, Esq. 



One hundred and fifty-two birds and fifty-seven eggs from 

 the islands off the coast of Peru ; collected by Dr. H. O. 

 Forbes ; purchased. 



Australasia and Pacific Ocean. 



Seven birds from Australia ; presented by Miss A. Chirnside. 



Three hundred and fifty-nine birds, one egg, and one nest 

 from New Guinea : collected by Mr. W. Goodfellow ; pur- 

 chased. 



A mounted example of Casuarius intensus from Southern 

 Dutch New Guinea ; presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, 

 D.Sc., F.R.S. 



One hundred and seventy- four birds from Amboina; col- 

 lected by Mr. C. Boden Kloss ; presented by the subscribers to 

 the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition to New Guinea. 



Thirty birds from the Monte Bello Islands, W. Australia • 

 presented by P. D. Montague, Esq. 



Twenty-one birds from Henderson Island, South Pacific, 

 including the types of three newly described species ; presented 

 by D. R. Tait, Esq., and T. R. Jamieson, Esq. 



Reptilia. 



The additions number one thousand one hundred and 

 thirty-seven, of which nine hundred and seventeen were 

 received by presentation, one hundred and thirty-seven by 

 purchase, and eighty-three by exchange. 



The following are the most important : — 



Europe. 



Seven Reptiles from Montpellier ; presented by Prof. 

 Duboscq. 



