110 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THB BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The types of twenty-four new species of Birds discovered 

 during Dr. A. Donaldson Smith's expedition to Lake Rudolph ; 

 presented by Dr. Donaldson Smith. 



Eight specimens from Nassa, in Speke Gulf, Victoria 

 Nyanza, obtained by the Rev. E. H. Hubbard, and containing 

 the type of Francolinus hubhardi ; purchased. 



The type specimen of Tricholcern^a ansorf/ii, from Uganda ; 

 presented by Dr. Ansorge. 



Seventy-nine Birds from Somaliland, collected l)y E. Lort 

 Phillips, Esq., and containing tM^elve types, and nine species 

 previously unrepresented in the collection ; purchased. 



Seventy-one Birds from Aden ; presented by Colonel 

 Yerbury. 



Twenty-one specimens of Birds from Sikhim, including the 

 type of Garrulax icaddelli ; presented by Surgeon Major 

 L. A. Waddell. 



Four thousand four hundred and twenty-six Birds, forming 

 the collection made by Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen during 

 his expeditions to the mountain districts of Assam and 

 Manipur, including many species unrepresented in the Museum, 

 and several types ; purchased. 



A pair of Mrs. Hume's Pheasant (Phasianus humice) from 

 the Ruby Mines district in British Burma ; presented by 

 E. W. Gates, Esq. 



Eighty-two Birds from Kina Balu, and the Sula Archi- 

 pelago ; collected by A. H. Everett, Esq. ; purchased. 



Twenty-two Birds from the islands of Luzon and Mindoro 

 including four species new to the collection ; obtained by 

 A. H. Everett, Esq. ; purchased. 



Two hundred and twenty-four Birds from the Philippine 

 Islands, including tlie type of a new genus, and thirty-five 

 types of new species ; presented by the Subscribers to the 

 Whitehead Exploration Fund. 



Two males of a rare species of Bird of Paradise (Pctrotia 

 carolce) from N. W. New Guinea, new to the collection ; pur- 

 chased. 



Five specimens fiom Great Natuna Island, including t\Vo 

 species new to the collection ; obtained by Charles E. Hose, 

 Esq. ; purchased. 



Fifty-eight Birds from New Zealand ; presented by Sir 

 Samuel Scott, Bart. 



A series of one hundred and seventy-five Birds collected in 

 the Hawaian Islands, comprising no less than twenty-six 

 species new to the collection ; presented by the Joint Com- 

 mittee of the Royal Society and the British Association. 



Thirteen Birds, including nine species new to the collection ; 

 received in exchange from the Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



One hundred and nine Cuckoo's eggf'-, and sets of the eggs of 

 the foster-parents ; purchased. 



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