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clougalli), and Sandwich Tern {Sterna cantiaca) from Scot- 

 land. Presented by Capt. S. G. Reid and W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, 

 Esq. 



Thirty-seven eggs from South Australia ; presented by 

 E. S. Moulden, Esq. 



Ninety-five birds from the Zambesi; presented by Capt. 

 Boyd Alexander. 



Two hundred and fifteen birds and fourteen eggs from 

 Australia ; presented by Donald Macintosh, Esq. 



Parent birds, nests and eggs of the Avocet {Recurvirostra 

 avocetta), and of the Black-tailed Goclwit {Limosa limosa) ; 

 presented by John Stares and E. Earle, Esqs. 



One hundred and four birds, in spirits, from Costa Rica ; 

 purchased. 



The types of seven new species of birds from Uganda ; 

 presented by F. J. Jackson, Esq., C.B. 



Five hundred and sixty-eight eggs from the east coast of 

 North America ; received in exchange from the Princeton 

 University, New Jersey. 



Nineteen Greenland Falcons ; purchased. 



Two hundred and forty-three birds from South Arabia, 

 including the types of three new species, collected by the 

 Percival-Dodson Expedition ; purchased. 



Parent birds and nest of White's Thrush {Geocichla varia) 

 from Japan, and twenty embryo birds in spirits ; presented 

 by Heatley Noble, Esq. 



Fourteen birds and thirteen nests from North Australia 

 and New Guinea; purchased. 



Eighty-two birds from the White Nile ; presented by Capt. 

 H. N. Dunn, r.a.m.c. 



A Cotype of Gerasophila thompsoni, from the S. Shan 

 States ; presented by Colonel C. T. Bingham. 



Two hundred birds from the Andes of Ecuador; purchased. 



A collection of mummified birds ; presented by the Com- 

 mittee of the Egypt Exploration Fund. 



Twelve birds from the Moluccas, including six species new 

 to the collection ; purchased. 



Six specimens of a new bird {Tatare vaughani) from 

 Pitcairn Island ; presented by Lieut. Vaughan, R.N. 



Three birds from Hadramaut, Southern Arabia, including 

 the type of a new Grosbeak {Rhynchostruthus percivali) ; 

 presented by A. Blayney Percival, Esq. 



Nine hundred and fifty birds from the Shan States, 

 including the types of seven new species ; presented by 

 Colonel G. Rippon. 



A specimen of the rare Pigmy Tinamou {Taoniscus nanus) 

 from the Ai'gentine Republic ; presented by Noel L. Holden, 

 Esq. 



