126 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BEITISH MUSEUM. 



AvES — continued. 



One hundred and nine birds from the Five-finger 

 Mounts, Hainan — including the types of Pitta douglasi and 

 Tephrodornis hainanus ; collected and presented by Robert 

 Douglas, Esq. 



Two hundred and thirty-four birds from Travancore, 

 collected and presented by Surgeon-Major W. Fry. 



Fourteen birds and one hundred and thirty-nine eggs from 

 the Andaman Islands, &c. ; collected by B. B. Osmaston, Esq. ; 

 purchased. 



Africa. 



Five hundred birds from Angola, collected by Dr. W. J. 

 Ansorge ; purchased. 



One hundred and twelve birds from Bitye, River Ja, 

 Cameroon, collected by G. L. Bates, Esq. ; purchased. 



Fifty-two birds, one nest, and four eggs from the Orange 

 River Colony ; presented by Donald Gunn, Esq. 



Seven hundred and twenty-five birds from N.W. Rhodesia, 

 including the type of Paludipasser locustella, a new genus and 

 species, collected by Sheffield A. Neave, Esq ; purchased. 



America, South. 



Fourteen birds from South America, including ten species 

 new to the Collection ; presented by the Director of the Goeldi 

 Museum, Para. 



Seventy-five birds from Venezuela ; collected by J. Wayman, 

 Esq. ; purchased. 



The type of Troglodytes cohhi, tvro nests, and thirty-four 

 €ggs from the Falkland Islands ; collected and presented by 

 A. F. Cobb, Esq. 



Thirty birds from South America ; presented by Lady Gipps. 



Australasia. 



Sixty birds from Australia; presented by Lady Gipps. 



One hundred and thirty-nine eggs and two nests from 

 Australia, collected by T. Carter, Esq. ; purchased. 



One hundred and twenty birds from Bougainville Island 

 and New Guinea, collected by A. S. Meek ; purchased. 



Neiv Zealand. 



Forty-nine birds from New Zealand, collected by Robin 

 Kemp, Esq. ; purchased. 



Reptilia. 



Six hundred and thirty-two specimens were added, of which 

 three hundred a,nd ninety-three were acquired by presentation, 

 two hundred and thirty-one by purchase, and eight by exchange. 

 The following are worthy of note : — 



Europe. 



The skeleton of a large Leathery Turtle (Dermochelys 

 coriacea), captured on the Welsh Coast in 1907 ; purchased. 



Examples of a remarkable variety of the Grass Snake 

 (Tro^i^Zo-^ioius Tia^ria;) from Jersey ; purchased. 



