144 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Ay^s— continued. 



Nova"; presented by the British Antarctic ('^ Terra Nova'') 

 Expedition, 1910. 



Six birds from the South Shetland Islands ; presented by 

 His Excellency the Governor of the Falkland Islands. 



Ninety-three birds and sixteen eggs from South Georgia ; 

 presented by the British Association and the Zoological Society 

 of London. 



Reptilia. 



Six hundred and thirty -three specimens were added to the 

 collection, four hundred and ninety-one by presentation, one 

 hundred and thirty-five by purchase, and seven by exchange. 



The following are the more notable accessions : — 



Europe. 



Thirty-seven specimens from Northern Spain, collected by 

 Mr. E. Britten ; purchased. 



A remarkable colour-variety of the Common Snake, Tropi- 

 donotus natrix, from Florence ; purchased. 



Sixteen Lizards from Giglio Island, collected by the late 

 Marquis G. Doria ; presented by the Genoa Civic Museum. 



Eleven specimens from Southern Europe ; presented by 

 Dr. P. Lehrs. 



Twenty-six Lizards from Southern Europe, collected by Dr. 

 R. Ebner ; purchased. 



Asia. 



The types of a new Snake {Coluber halli) from Northern 

 China ; presented by A. L. Hall, Esq. 



The type of a new Snake (Amblycephalus stanleyi) from 

 N.W. Fokien ; presented by Arthur Stanley, Esq. 



Fourteen specimens from Yunnan, collected by Mr. J. 

 Graham ; purchased. 



Seventeen specimens from Siam, including types of a new 

 Lizard (Lygosoma anguinoides) and of two new Snakes 

 (Simotes inornatus, Hypsirhina smithii) ; presented by Dr. 

 Malcolm Smith. 



Seven rare Earth Snakes ( Uropeltidce) from the Nilgherries, 

 S. India ; purchased. 



Young specimens of the rare Gecko Mimetozoon craspe- 

 dotum, from Sarawak ; presented by J. Hewitt, Esq. 



Africa. 



Fifteen specimens from Egypt and the Sudan ; presented by 

 the Egyptian Government. 



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