118 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Two hundred and eleven birds from Ecuador and Peru ; 

 including four species new to the collection ; purchased. 



Forty-nine birds, including the types of nine new species 

 and twenty-three species new to the collection, and seventy- 

 six nests and eggs, from New Guinea, collected by Herr 

 Weiske ; purchased. 



Five hundred and twenty-nine Paridoe, including four 

 types and many species new to the Museum, a collection 

 formed by Prof. Menzbier ; purchased. 



Eeptilia. — The additions number six hundred and eighty- 

 one, of which the following are the most important : — 



Twenty-four specimens from the neighbourhood of Rome j 

 presented by Dr. L. W. Sambon. 



Ninety-nine specimens from various parts of Roumania ; 

 collected by Mons. A. L. Montandon ; purchased. 



Fifteen specimens from China, Japan, and the Loo Choa 

 Islands, including two Snakes new to collection, Achalinus 

 spinalis and Ahlahes hermince ; presented by Capt. F. Wall. 



Eighteen specimens from Mysore ; presented by H. K. 

 Slater, Esq. 



Eighteen specimens from Upper Burmah, including a Snake 

 new to the collection, Amhlycephalus andersonii ; presented 

 by Herbert Hampton, Esq. 



The types of two new Lizards, Gehyra larutensis and 

 Lygosoma scotophilum, from the Malay Peninsula ; presented 

 by A. L. Butler, Esq. 



Two Snakes from Borneo, new to the collection, Gylindrophis 

 lineatus and Amhlycephalus nuchalis; received in exchange 

 from the Sarawak Museum. 



Ten specimens from Tripoli ; presented by J .J. S. Whitaker, 

 Esq. 



Six specimens from the White Nile, including a Lizard new 

 to the collection, Agama hartmanni ; presented by R. M. 

 Hawker, Esq. 



Seventy-one specimens from the Uganda Protectorate, 

 including the types of two new Chamseleons from Mount 

 Ruwenzori, Cha'inceleonjohnstoni and Chamceleon xenorhinus; 

 presented by Sir Harrj^ Johnston, g.c.m.g., k.c.e. 



Twenty-six specimens from British E. Africa ; presented 

 by C. Steuart Betton, Esq. 



Twenty-seven specimens from the Gambia ; presented by 

 J. S. Budgett, Esq. 



A new Lizard {Eemidactylus ansorgii), from Nigeria ; 

 presented by Dr. W. J. Ansorge. 



Thirty-seven specimens from the Benito River District, 

 French Congo, including the types of a new Lizard {Mabuia 

 henitensis), collected by Mr. G. L. Bates ; purchased. 



