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Twenty-five eggs from Bitye, River Ja, Cameroon ; presented 

 by G. L. Bates, Esq. 



A specimen of Pitta reichenoiui from Jinja, 15 miles W. of 

 Ripon Falls, Uganda ; presented by Dr. Cuthbert Christy. 



One hundred and twenty-five birds collected by Captain 

 Hamerton in Somaliland ; purchased. 



Two examples of Scotocerca inquieta — types of the species : 

 presented by M. J. Nicoll, Esq. 



Thirty-two birds from Liberia ; presented by J. M. Pye- 

 Smith, Esq. 



Type specimens of Poliospiza mennelli and Pinarornis 

 rhodesice ; presented by the Trustees of the Rhodesian 

 Museum. 



An example of Colius kirhyi, from Lydenburg, E. 

 Transvaal — type of the species ; purchased. 



America, South. 



Two hundred a,nd forty-three birds from Paraguay ; pre- 

 sented by the Hon. Wyndham Knatchbull-Hugessen. 



Australasia, 



Examples of Paradisea minor, Cicinnurus regius, and 

 Diphyllodes hunsteini from S.E. New Guinea; presented by 

 Sir William Ingram, Bart. 



Ninety-four birds from New Guinea, collected by Mr. Walter 

 Goodfellow ; purchased. 



New Zealand. 



Fourteen birds from New Zealand, including the type of 

 Pseudogerygone macleani ; presented by J. C. McLean, Esq. 



Reptilia. — The accessions number seven hundred and 

 thirty-six, four hundred and sixty-four presented, two hundred 

 and sixty-two purchased, and ten received in exchange. The. 

 following deserve special mention : — 



Europe. 



A red variety of the Viper (Viper a berus) from Hampshire ; 

 presented by B. Piff'ard, Esq. 



Thirty-nine Reptiles from Sicily ; collection of Professor 

 0. Neumann ; purchased. 



Asia. 



Twenty-eight Reptiles from Persia, including the" types of 

 a new Lizard (Lacerta chlorogaster) ; collected by R. B. 

 Woosnam, Esq. ; presented by Colonel Bailward. 



A stuffed Crocodile {Crocodilus porosus) frora India; 

 presented by Ratan Tata, Esq. 



