142 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



AvES — continued. 

 Africa. 



One thousand five hundred and ninety-one birds from the 

 Blue and White Niles and the hinterland of Suakin ; collected 

 with the assistance of Willoughby P. Lowe, Esq. ; presented 

 by Abel Chapman, Esq. and Capt. H. Lynes, R.N . 



Skeletons of a Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens), a Goliath 

 Heron (Ardea goliath), an Open-bill Stork (Anastomus 

 lamelligerus), a Marabout Stork {Leptoptilus crumeniferus) 

 two Black-backed Geese {Plectropterus gamhensis) and the 

 sternum of an Ostrich (Struthio, sp.) from the Nile; pre- 

 sented by Abel Chapman, Esq. 



Twelve birds from the district of Kordofan ; presented by 

 W. B. Halhead, Esq. 



Thirty-nine birds from South Tunisia ; collected by the 

 late Capt. J. B. Jenkinson, Rifle Brigade ; presented by 

 Mrs. Jenkinson. 



The type-specimen of a newly described species, Salpornis 

 occidentalis ; presented by Colonel Stephenson R. Clarke. 



Thirty-three birds from Zanzibar ; presented by Dr. W. M. 

 Aders. 



Thirteen birds from the South bank of the River Gambia ; 

 presented by Dr. E. Hopkinson. 



Sixty-one birds from Sierra Leone ; collected by Major H. J. 

 Kelsall ; purchased. 



An Qgg of Eupodotis arabs from Central Arabia ; presented 

 by Capt. W. H. I. Shakespear. 



One hundred and nineteen birds, including the type- 

 specimen of a newly described form, Lanius yemenensis, from 

 the high mountains of ^emen, South Arabia, collected by 

 Mr. G. W. Bury ; purchased. 



Nineteen birds from Algeria, and four from Lake 

 Tanganyika district, received in exchange from the Tring 

 Museum, 



Six birds from South Biskra, Algeria ; purchased. 



Thirty-three birds from Nyasaland ; collected and presented 

 by Sheffield A. Neave, Esq. 



Ten birds from Nyasaland ; purchased. 



Five hundred and fourteen birds from the Orange River 

 Colony ; collected and presented by the late Major G. E. H. 

 Barrett- Hamilton. 



Sixty-five specially selected Ostrich feathers showing the 

 various types of growth and colour ; presented on behalf of 

 the South African Ostrich Feather Breeders' Association by 

 S. M. Gadd, Esq. 



Eight birds from Aldabra, Seychelles, and the neighbouring 

 islands ; received in exchange from the Tring Museum. 



A Masai Ostrich {Struthio massaicus) ; purchased. 



