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Eighty-three Birds from Mount Kalulong and Baram, in 

 Sarawak ; presented by Charles Hose, Esq. 



The type specimens of Turdinus kalulongce, T. teijhrops 

 and Glaucidium borneense, fromiMountKaiulong,iin Sarawak, 

 collected by Charles Hose, Esq. ; purchased. 



Twenty-three specimens from Mount Penrisen and Mount 

 Poeh, in Sarawak, including the types of a new species of 

 Spider-hunter {Arachnothera everetti), collected by A. H. 

 Everett, Esq. ; purchased. 



Fourteen specimens from the Chatham Islands ; purchased. 



One hundred and nine Eggs from Gippsland, Australia ; 

 presented by F. A. Philbrick, Esq., Q.c. 



Two hundred and twenty-one Birds from Australia ; pre- 

 sented by Lord Leigh. 



Reptiles. — Eight hundred and sixteen specimens were added 

 to this class. The following are most important : — 



Twenty-five Snakes from Austria, including examples of a 

 little-known Viper (Vi2')era ursinii), received in exchange. 



Twenty-five specimens from Dalmatia ; purchased. 



A specimen of Vij)era renardi from Sarepta ; presented by 

 Dr. F. Miiller. 



Twenty-four Snakes from various parts of the Russian Em- 

 pire, and specimens of two Central Asian Lizards (Phryno- 

 cephalus przeiualskii and vlancjalii) new to the collection ; 

 received in exchange from the St. Petersburg Museum. 



Sixteen specimens from Fao, on the Persian Gulf ; presented 

 by W. D. Cumming, Esq. 



Twenty-two specimens from Travancore, including a new 

 Suake (Dipsas dightoni) ; presented by H. S. Ferguson, Esq. 



Twenty specimens from Hainan ; presented by J. Neumann, 

 Esq. 



Twenty-seven specimens from Toungoo and the Southern 

 Shan States, including a Lizard new to the collection (Acan- 

 thosaura kahhienensis) and the type of a new genus of 

 Snakes (Trichinopholis nuchalis) ; presented by E. W. Gates, 

 Esq. 



A selection from the first set of duplicates of Signor Fea's 

 collection from the Karin Hills, East of Toungoo ; purchased. 



Sixty-nine specimens from Borneo, including types of five 

 new species {Draco microlepis, Simotes annulifer , Oligodon 

 everetti, Calamaria baluensis and C. everetti), collected by 

 A. H. Everett, Esq. ; purchased. 



Type specimens of a new Dragon (Draco quadrasa), from 

 the Philippine Islands ; received in exchange from the 

 Senckenberg Museum. 



Sixteen specimens from the Portuguese Possessions in West 

 Africa, including representatives of six species new to the 

 collection ; presented by Professor J. V. Barboza du Bocage. 



0.107. Thirteen 



