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Fifty-two birds from Somaliland; presented by JE.H. the 

 Gaekwar of Baroda. 



Nest and eggs, with parent birds, of the Tawny Owl 

 (Syrniwrti aluco), from Somerset ; presented by Cv B. 

 Horsburgh, Esq. 



The type-specimens of a new species of Babbling Thrush 

 (Grateropus hindei), from British E. Africa; presented by 

 Dr. S. L. Hinde. 



Two hundred and twenty nests and eggs from Victoria ; 

 presented by the Government of Victoria. 



Fifty-two birds from China ; presented by C. W. Campbell, 

 Esq. 



Fifty-four birds from the Shan States, including the types 

 of two new species ; presented by Lieut. -Col. G. Rippon. 



Seventy-six eggs from the White Nile; presented by 

 E. M. Hawker, Esq. 



Three hundred and ninety -three birds from Somaliland and 

 S. Abyssinia, including the types of three new species ; pre- 

 sented by Alfred E. Pease, Esq. 



Eighty-one birds from Deelfontein, Cape Colony ; pre- 

 sented by Col. Sloggett, 



Twenty birds from the Orange River Colony ; presented by 

 Capt. G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton. 



Twenty-six birds from Argentina ; presented by Colling- 

 wood Ingram, Esq. 



Sixty-three birds, including three species new to the 

 collection, and three eggs from Shendi, Sudan ; presented by 

 the Hon. N. C. Rothschild and A. F. R. Wollaston, Esq. 



Four types of new species of birds from Equatorial Africa ; 

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



Ono hundred and seventy-nine birds, including four types 

 and six species new to the collection, from British E. Africa; 

 presented by Sir Harry Johnston, g.c.m.g., k.c.b. 



Oni! hundred and twenty-four birds from New Zealand and 

 the adjacent islands, including the type of a new Cormorant 

 {Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi) ; presented by the Earl of 

 Ranftirly. 



A specimen of the Carolina Crake (Porzana Carolina), 

 from Tiree Island ; presented by E. L. Phillips, Esq. 



Two hundred and ninety-four birds from the White Nile; 

 received in exchange from R, M. Hawker, Esq. 



Thirty-seven birds from the Sudan, including the type of 

 Cisticola aridula, and two species new to the collection ; 

 received in exchange from H. F. Witherby, Esq. 



Eighty-nine birds from the Cameroons, including the types 

 of five new species, and six species new to the collection ; 

 collected by Mr. G. L. Bates ; purchased. 



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