124) ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Three hundred and ninety-four birds from Gunong 

 Tahan, Malay Peninsula ; presented by the Selangor State 

 Museum. 



Twenty-seven birds from the River Niger ; presented by 

 Churchill Bryant, Esq. 



Four Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo), from Durango, 

 Mexico ; presented by J. H. Fleming, Esq. 



A valuable collection of North American birds formed by 

 lilr. Gerrit Miller, and consisting of four thousand skins, 

 including the Maynard collection of Bahama birds, with 

 several types ; purchased. 



Mr. C. D. Rudd has continued his donations of birds from 

 South Africa and Mozambique, whence large series have 

 been sent by Mr. Claude Grant, who is collecting for 

 Mr. Rudd. 



Ninety-one birds from the Solomon Islands, collected by 

 A. S. Meek ; purchased. 



Twenty-seven nests of birds from the Andaman Islands ; 

 presented by B. B. Osmaston, Esq. 



Fifteen birds, mostly Francolins, from British East Africa ; 

 presented by Colonel W. H. Broun, 



One thousand five hundred and twenty-eight specimens 

 of birds from the Ruwenzori Range and adjacent parts of 

 Equatorial Africa ; presented by the subscribers to the 

 Ruwenzori Expedition. 



One hundred and fifty birds from Somaliland, collected 

 by Mr. G. W. Bury ; purchased. 



Three hundred and thirty -one birds from Benguella, 

 collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge; purchased. 



Seventy-nine birds from Annam, collected by Dr. J. J. 

 "Vassal; purchased. 



Two hundred and sixty-two birds from the Tian Shan 

 Mountains, collected by Mr. Kutzenko ; purchased. 



One hundred and fifteen birds from Uganda, collected by 

 Mr. E Degen ; purchased. 



Two hundred and twelve birds from Camaroons, collected 

 by Mr. G. L. Bates ; purchased. 



Reptilia. — The accessions number one thousand and 

 twenty-three, two hundred and thirty-nine presented, five 

 hundred and ninety-nine purchased, and one hundred and 

 eighty-five received in exchange. The following are the more 

 important : — 



Eighty Reptiles from near Madrid ; purchased. 



Thirty-three Reptiles from India, including co-types of 

 Gymnodactylus consohrinoidcs, Hemidactylus subtri- 

 edroides,Teratolepisscahrice2^s,iindJa2Jaluraandersoniana; 

 received from the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



