118 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



One hundred and sixty-one mammals from Inkerman, 

 Queensland, collected by Mr. W. Stalker; presented by Sir 

 William Ingram and the Hon. John Forrest. 



Sixty-four skins, skeletons, and skulls of seals, collected 

 during the Voyage of the " Discovery," by Dr. E. Wilson ; 

 presented by the Antarctic Expedition Committee of the Royal 

 Geographical and Royal Societies. 



Aves.— The accessions number two thousand nine hundred 

 and twenty-one. Of these the most noteworthy are as. 

 follows : — 



Europe. 



Six specimens of Parus dresseri and P. horealis from' 

 Gloucestershire ; presented by G. H. Paddock, Esq. 



Six examples of Charadrius morinellus, and two specimens 

 of Pelecanus onocrotalus ; presented by the Hon. N. C. 

 Rothschild. 



One hundred arid fifty-nine mounted birds for the British 

 Collection; presented by Rowland Ward, Esq. 



Asia. 



Eighty-two birds from Borneo ; presented by the British 

 North Borneo Company. 



Twenty-eight birds from Shan-Si ; presented by Dr. E. H. 

 Edwards. 



One hundred and thirty-three birds from Upper Burma ; 

 purchased of Messrs. Gerrard and Sons. 



Fifty-seven birds and eggs from Burma ; presented by 

 Major H. H. Harington. 



Two specimens of Microperdix inglisi — types of the 

 species ; presented by Charles M. Inglis, Esq. 



Two hundred and eighty-eight birds from Tian Shan ; 

 purchased of Mr. Kutzenko. 



Sixty-six birds, chiefly from Bannu, N.W. India (including 

 the type of Molyastes magrathi) ; presented by Major H. A. F. 

 Magrath. 



Two females of Galophasis hurmanicus from the Ruby 

 Mines, and one Clangula glaucion ; presented by E. W. Oates^ 

 Esq. 



Nests with eggs of Geocichla varia and G. sibirica from 

 Japan; presented by RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



Three hundred and nine birds from Kohat, N.W. 

 Provinces, India ; presented by Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead. 



Africa. 



Two hundred and forty-one birds from Cameroon— in- 

 cluding the types of six new species— collected by G. L. Bates, 

 Esq. ; purchased. 



