128 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BEITISH MUSEUM. 



A mounted example of the Saddle-billed Stock {Epliiirpior- 

 hynchus senegalensis), from the Nile, South of Fashoda ; 

 presented by E. J. Cuninghame, Esq. 



The types of seventeen new species of Birds from Mount 

 Ruwenzori and the Toro Forests ; presented by F. J. Jackson, 

 Esq. C.B., C.M.G. 



One hundred and eighteen birds from near Buenos Aires ; 

 presented by Ernest Gibson, Esq. 



Thirty-two Birds of Prey from Western Australia ; pre- 

 sented by the Perth Museum, W. Australia. 



Six hundred and seventeen birds from Western Yunnan 

 including the types of several new species ; presented by 

 Col. G. Rippon. 



Eight Bean and Pink-footed Geese from Holland ; presented 

 by T. M. Pike and H. Leyborne Popham, Esqs. 



Twenty birds from the Loo Choo Islands ; presented by 

 the Hon. N. C. Rothschild. 



Ten birds from Australia, including an example of Pseu- 

 dogerygone tenehrosa ; presented by Robert Hall, Esq. 



Sixty birds from the Soudan ; presented by Capt. H. N. 

 Dunn. 



Forty-six eggs from various localities ; received in exchange 

 from Mr. H. E. Dresser. 



Seven birds from the Caspian, including examples of the 

 Red-breasted Goose {Branta ruficollis), and of Anser 

 rhodorhynchus ; received in exchange from Mr. S. 

 NeroutchefF. 



Two thousand three hundred birds from Ecuador, Peru, and 

 Bolivia, collected by the late Mr. P. 0. Simons ; purchased. 



Two hundred and thirty-one birds from the Cameroons ; 

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



Ninety-one birds from Harrar, collected by Mons. P. 

 Zaphiro ; purchased. 



Seventy-one birds from Colombia ; purchased. 



Ninety-one birds from Cyprus, collected by Mr. C. 

 Glaszner; purchased. 



Eighty-seven eggs from Assam, collected by Mr. E. C. 

 Stuart Baker ; purchased. 



Sixty birds from the Caucasus ; purchased. 

 One hundred and sixty birds from the Yemen Frontier, 

 collected by Mr. G. W. Bury ; purchased. 



Reptilia. — The additions number eight hundred and 

 seventy-eight, of which the following are the most 

 important : — 



An Albino Snake {Tropidonotus natrix) from Sussex; 

 presented by Miss Benson. 



