124 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Twenty-two birds, including examples of fifteen species 

 new to the collection, from Fernando Po ; collected and 

 presented by Boyd Alexander, Esq. 



Three hundred and two birds from the Cameroons, W. 

 Africa, including the types of two new species, collected by 

 Mr. G. L. Bates ; purchased. 



One hundred and thirty eggs from North Cachar, collected 

 by Mr. E. C. Stuart-Baker ; purchased. 



Two hundred and eighty-four birds, including the types 

 of six new species, from Nyasa-land ; presented by Sir Alfred 

 Sharpe, k.c.b. 



Three hundred and seventy- eight birds from the Southern 

 Shan States, containing three types of species recently 

 described as new to science, collected by Messrs. H. N. 

 Thompson and W. H, Craddock ; purchased. 



Forty eggs, five nests, and sixty-one birds from Southern 

 Persia, including the type of a new species of 8itta ; presented 

 by H. F. Witherby, Esq. 



Ninety-six birds from New Zealand and the adjacent 

 islands ; presented by the Earl of Ranf urly. 



Nine hundred and eighty-nine Birds from the province of 

 Fohkien, China ; presented by C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



Four hundred and fifty-one Birds from Namaqualand, 

 collected by Mr. H. C. B. Grant ; presented by C. D. Rudd, 

 Esq. 



Three hundred and fifty-one Eggs from North Queensland ; 

 presented by W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Two hundred and fifty-seven Birds and three nests from 

 Brit. E. Africa ; presented by A. B. Percival, Esq. 



One hundred and thirty-one Birds from Cyprus ; pur- 

 chased. 



Thirty-one Birds from the Sudan ; presented by R. M. 

 Hawker, Esq. 



Five hundred and eighty-two Birds from Yunnan, includ- 

 ing the types of seven new species ; presented by Colonel G. 

 Rippon. 



Seventy-two Birds from Sienna Leone; presented by 

 Robin Kemp, Esq. 



Forty-six eggs and two nests from the Azores, collected by 

 W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Esq. ; presented by the Hon. W. Roths- 

 child, D.SC, M.P. 



Eight hundred and fifty-three Birds, nineteen skeletons, 

 ninety-one eggs and twelve nests from Deelfontein, Cape 

 Colony, collected by Messrs. E. H. Seimund and C. H. B. 

 Grant ; presented by Colonel A. P. Sloggett, C.M.G. 



Two hundred and forty-four Birds from Arabia, collected 

 by Mr. G. W. Bury ; purchased. 



