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nelsoni) ; presented by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 through Dr. C. Hart Merriam. 



An albino Reindeer from British Columbia ; presented by 

 A. E. Butter, Esq. 



Eighty-six mammals from Jalapa, Mexico, collected by 

 Mr. F. M. Chapman ; purchased. 



Sixty mammals from Trinidad ; collected by Dr. Percy 

 Kendall ; purchased. 



Sixty-eight mammals from Peru ; collected by Mr. J. 

 Kalinowski ; received in exchange from the Warsaw Museum. 



Three typical specimens of Muridse from the Lower 

 Amazons ; presented by Dr. E. A. Goeldi. 



Nineteen mammals from N. Argentina, including the types 

 of two new species {Akodon spegazzinii and alhiv enter) ; 

 presented by Prof. Carl Spegazzini. 



Twenty-eight mammals from Valparaiso ; presented by 

 John A. Wolffsohn, Esq. 



Ten mammals from Montevideo and La Plata, one from 

 Camaragibi, seven from Bogota, seven from Trinidad, twelve 

 from Nicaragua, and eighty-four from Ecuador, together 

 including the types of twelve new species ; presented by 

 Oldfield Thomas, Esq. 



Aves. — The total number of additions to this group is 

 twelve thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, of which 

 the following may be specially mentioned : — 



Twenty-two Birds from the Shan States ; presented by 

 Major Rippon. 



A skeleton of Pelecanus crispus ; presented by the Director 

 of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 



A specimen of Peale's Peregrine Falcon (Falco pealii) from 

 the Aleutian Islands and the Seychelles Scops owl {Gym- 

 noscops insularis), from the Seychelles ; presented by Capt. 

 Ashburnham, 60th Rifles. 



Thirty-four skins and eggs of Birds from Spitsbergen ; 

 presented by A. Trevor Battye, Esq. 



Nest with pairs of Birds of the following species, Dicceum 

 cinereigulare, Eudrepanis pulcherrir)ia and Rhipidura 

 cyaniceps, from the Philippine Islands ; presented by John 

 Whitehead, Esq. 



Twenty -five Ducks and Geese from Walcheren, Holland; 

 presented by T. M. Pike and W. L. Popham, Esqrs. 



Thirty-one Birds from Mozambique ; presented by W. A. 

 Churchill, Esq. 



Twenty -four specimens of Esculent Swifts iCollocalia), 

 with their nests and eggs ; presented by C. Hose, Esq. 



Three Willow Grouse from Amnak Island, Unalaska; 

 presented by Prof. D'Arcy Thompson, c.B. 



Ten types of new species from Uganda and Kikuyu ; pre- 

 sented by F. J. Jackson, Esq., Assistant Commissioner of 

 Uganda. 



