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Four hundred and sixty-six Birds from Abyssinia, includ- 

 ing the type of a new species, collected by Mr. E. Degen. 



Eighty Birds from Southern New Guinea ; presented by 

 Capt. F. E. Barton. 



Four hundred and twenty Birds from Patagonia, collected 

 by J. Koslowsky ; purchased. 



One hundred and fourteen Birds from Burmah ; presented 

 by Capt. Mearns. 



Four hundred and forty-three Birds and one hundred and 

 ninety-two skeletons from Matto Grosso ; presented by Mrs. 

 Percy Sladen. 



One hundred and fourteen Birds from Buenos Ayres ; 

 presented by Ernest Gibson, Esq. 



Two hundred and seventy-five Birds from Eastern Brazil, 

 collected by M. Robert ; purchased. 



Two hundred and forty-nine Birds from Paraguay, col- 

 lected by Mr. W. Foster ; purchased. 



Two Birds from Australia, both new to the collection ; 

 presented by Dr. P. L. Sclater. 



Twenty-five Birds from the Persian Gulf ; presented by 

 W. D. Gumming, Esq. 



Two hundred and twenty-three Birds from various islands 

 in the South Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Voyage of R.Y.S. 

 " Valhalla ") ; presented by the Earl of Crawford, k.t., f.r.s. 



Meptilia. — The additions number one thousand two 

 hundred and seventy-one, of which the following are the 

 most important : — 



Examples of the Sand Lizard, Lacerta agilis, from near 

 Farnham ; presented by G. A. Boulenger, Esq., f.r.s. 



Examples of Hugy's Viper, Vipera aspis, var. hugyi, from 

 Calabria ; presented by Count M. G. Peracca. 



Ten specimens from Bosnia and Herzegovina ; purchased. 



Nine specimens from Roumania ; purchased. 



Six specimens from Persia, including the rare Laceria 

 princeps, new to the collection ; presented by H. F. Witherby, 

 Esq. 



Five sea-snakes from Orissa ; presented by Dr. L. Rogers. 



Six specimens from Muscat ; presented by Major P. Z. 

 Cox. 



One hundred and twenty-four specimens from Southern 

 Arabia, including the types of several new species ; purchased. 



Twenty-six specimens from Turkestan ; purchased. 



The type specimen of a snake, Lycoclon gamoniei, from 

 Darjeeling; presented by J. A. Gammie, Esq. 



One hundred specimens from the Malay Peninsula, includ- 

 ing the types of the four new species, Cyclemys annandalii, 



