122 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Scott (" Terra Nova ") Expedition, have been added to the 

 Penguin case ; also a very fine specimen of the King Penguin 

 (Aptenodytes patagoniea) from South Georgia, which recently 

 died in the Zoological Society's Gardens. 



Two models of the Great Auk have been constructed and 

 substituted for the specimens which have for many years been 

 on exhibition in the General Gallery and British saloon. 



In the Bird Room the Index to the volumes of the special 

 Reference Catalogue has been completed and good progress has 

 been made with the relabelling of the cabinets, drawers and 

 boxef» containing the species, so that any box which has been 

 taken out for examination can be put back in its place by 

 referring to a reference-number clearly marked on each. Great 

 saving in time will thus be effected. 



The Vultures and Secretary'- Birds have been arranged in 

 new cabinets. 



Register-numbers have been put on three thousand two 

 hundred and thirty-four eggs of the Seebohm Collection and 

 two thousand seven hundred and twenty-three of the Radcliff'e 

 Saunders Collection. 



The Styan Collection of Chinese birds has been registered. 



Mr, D. A. Bannerman has given much assistance in working 

 out the collections formed by the late Mr. Boyd Alexander in 

 the Island of St. Thomas and Prince's Island. 



Mr. Claude H. B. Grant has also rendered great help by 

 working out the extensive East African Collections presented to 

 the British Museum by Capt. Gordon P. Cosens and collected 

 by Mr. Willoughby P. Lowe. 



Capt. H. Lynes, R.N., has also been engaged in working out 

 the Chapman-Lynes collections from the Blue and White Niles 

 and the hinterland of Suakim. These collections were pre- 

 sented by Mr. xVbel Chapman and Capt. H. Lynes and had been 

 collected with the assistance of Mr. Willoughby P. Lowe. 



Mr. Arthur Denman has very kindly assisted in preparing 

 some of the recently received collections for incorporation. 



The work in the Bird Room has been retarded by the 

 absence of Mr. Court Treatt on active service for the War. 



The more notable presents were the following : — 

 From Mr. W. McOran Campbell a collection of birds and 

 eggs from Iceland. From Dr. Philip Gosse a collection of birds 

 from the Balearic Islands. From Mr. Abel Chapman and Capt. 

 H. Lynes, R.N., a large and important collection from the Blue 

 and White Niles and the hinterland of Suakim. From Lord 

 Brabourne, a large collection chiefiy from Peru. From the 

 British Association and Zoological Society, a collection 

 of birds and epgs from South Trinidad and South Georgia 

 From Capt. F. M. Bailey, a collection of rare species, mostly 

 o-ame birds, from Tibet, &c. From the British Antarctic Expe- 

 dition, a collection of birds and eggs. From the Trustees of the 



