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Four hundred and thirty-seven Birds collected by Mr. 

 M. J. Nicoll during the voyage of the "Valhalla" ; presented 

 by the Earl of Crawford, k.t., f.e.s. 



Two eggs of the Kagu, Rhinochetus juhatus ; purchased. 



Eeptilia. — The additions number nine hundred and sixty- 

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



Specimens of the Sand Lizard, Lacerta agilis, and of the 

 Smooth Snake, Goronella austriaca, from Surrey ; presented 

 by Bryan Hook, Esq. 



A very large Common Snake, Troijidonotiis natrix, from " 

 Wales ; presented by W. B. Tegetmeier, Esq. 



Twenty-nine Reptiles from Southern Europe ; purchased. 



Thirty Lizards from Southern Europe ; presented by Herr 

 Lor en z Miiller. 



Thirty-eight Lizards, varieties of Lacerta muralis, from 

 Italy ; presented by the Turin Museum. 



Specimens of Lacerta muralis, var. hrueggemanni, from 

 near Spezia ; presented by Bryan Hook, Esq. 



Twenty-three Lizards, varieties of Lacerta muralis, from 

 Sardinia ; presented by Count M. Peracca. 



Three Lizards, varieties of Lacerta, muralis, from the 

 Caucasus ; received in exchange from the Caucasian Museum, 

 Tiflis. 



One of the types of Lacerta horvathi, from S. Hungary ; 

 presented by Professor von Mehel}^ 



Ten Reptiles from Southern Hungary and Bulgaria, 

 including a Lizard, Lacerta cappadocia, new to the collection ; 

 received in exchange from Dr. F. Werner. 



Fourteen Reptiles from Crete ; presented by Miss Dorothea 

 ■ M. Bate. 



Six Reptiles from the Mekran coast ; presented by W. D. 

 Cumming, Esq. 



A collection of skins of Indian Snakes, prepared by the 

 late Dr. Patrick Russell, including many types ; purchased. 



The types of a new Snake, Aspidura drummondhayi, 

 from Ceylon ; presented by H. M. DrummonO-Hay, Esq. 



Eighteen Reptiles from Southern Tibet, collected by 

 Captain H. J. Walton. 



Forty-one Reptiles from Yunnan, collected by Mr. J. 

 Graham, including the types of six new species, Gehyra 

 yunnanensis, Polyodontophis grahami, Tropidonotus 

 quadrilineatus, T. octolineatus, T. pleurotcenia, and 

 Fseudoxenodon sinensis ; purchased. 



Thirty -nine Reptiles from the Tian Shan Mountains; 

 presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, m.p. 



