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A small collection from Peak Downs, Queensland, made by Hr. Diimel, and con- 

 taining a fine series of a iMarsiipial Shrew, ATUechihus minutissimus. 



A collection from Yule Island (S.E. New Guinea), containing a series of Dorcopsis 

 luctuosus and Pent metes fusciveriler ; purchased. 



A collection from Medellin, New Granada, made by Mr. Salmon, and containing a 

 TYQw Isl'MmosQi i^Hctpale leucopus); several Spiny Hats (£'cAm??/s) ; the rare Dactylomys 

 and other desiderata. 



A series of specimens of a Southern Seal {Arctocephahis cinereus); skull of Megaptera 

 nova-zeal andioe; skeletons of male and female (jlobicephtdus nuicrorlnjnchus, Delphinus 

 forsteri, 3fesoplodonhect oris and Neobalana marffinata. This unique series of Antarctic 

 Cetaceans was obtained from the Colonial Museum of Wellington, by exchange. 



Birds. — With the exception of the year 1874, in which Mr. Wallace's collection was 

 purchased by the Trustees, the last year shows a greater increase of this branch of the 

 department than any of the preceding years ; the total number of acquisitions amountino- 

 to 4,277 specimens, among which were 152 species new to the collection, and 47 typical 

 specimens. The following may be specially mentioned : — - 



The collection of Corvida made by John Gould, Esq., and consisting of 100 specimens, 

 amongst them the types of seven species described by that Ornithologist. 



A series of Cormorants from the Cornish coast ; presented by Dr. Giinther. 



Two hundred and ninety-nine specimens, obtained by the North American Boundary 

 Commission in the vicinity of the forty-ninth parallel. 



A series of 110 skins, nests, eggs, and skeletons, selected from the collection made 

 by Messrs. Slater and Gulliver, Naturalists of the " Transit of Venus " Expedition, in 

 Rodriguez. 



The fourth portion of the collection of African Birds, formed by, and formerly in the 

 possession of, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. ; it consists of 750 specimens, and contains 12 types, 

 and 56 species previously not represented in the British Museum. 



A collection from the Transvaal ; presented by J. H. Gurney, Esq., and including 

 specimens of Turdus gurneiii. 



Seven specimens from the Victoria Falls, amongst them the types of a new genus 

 {Pin.aroriiis) and Saxicola shelleyi; purchased. 



The type of Bradyornis woodwardi, from Natal ; presented by J. D. S. Woodward 

 Esq. 



The type of Dromaeuccrcus hrunnevs, from Madagascar ; presented by Algernon Peck- 

 over, Esq. 



A selected series of 136 skins and eggs from the collection made by the Rev. A. E. 

 Eaton, Naturalist to the " Transit of Venus '' Expedition, in Kerguelen Land, 



A most vakiable collection of 1,303 specimens from Northern Bengal, North Western 

 India, Burmah and Malacca; j^resented by Cajit. Stackhouse Pinwill. 



Ten sj)ecimens from Burmah, new to the collection ; presented by the Marquis of 

 Tweeddale, r.R.s. 



A sei'ies of 200 specimens selected from the collections made by Dr. J. Anderson 

 during the expeditions to Yunnan. 



Typical specimens of Garrulax galhanus and Suthora munipurensis ; presented by 

 Major H. H. Godwin-Austen. 



The type of Horeites pallidipes from Sikkim ; presented by L. Mandelli, Esq. 



Two collections of 246 specimens from N. W. Borneo ; one made by H. Low. Esq., 

 the other by Mr. A. Everett. 



A series of 77 specimens collected by Dr. Steere, in the Philippine Islands, by which 

 twenty species were added to the British Museum Collection. 



Six species new to the collection, and represented by 12 specimens from Taviumi, 

 Feejee Islands ; collected by E. L. Layard, Esq. 



The type of Cosiiarius loestermanni, and specimens of C pictiojllis and C. Iieccarii; 

 purchased of the Zoological Society. 



A series of the lately described new species of Bird of Paradise {Paradisea rayyiand) ; 

 purchased. 



A small collection from South Eastern New Guinea ; purchased. 



Specimens oi Paradiyalla carunculatu from the Arfak Mountains, and of Tanysiptera 

 Carolina from Mafoor ; obtained by exchancre. 



Thirteen specimens from the Galapagos Islands ; collected by Commander W~. E. 

 Cookson 



Reptiles and Amphibians. — The additions to these classes have been 550 in number; 

 the following may be specially mentioned : 



A series of the bones of the extinct Gigantic Land Tortoise of Rodriguez, selected 

 from the collection made by H. H. Slater, Esq., Naturalist to the " Transit of Venus " 

 Expedition. 



A collection of remains of the extinct Gigantic Land Tortoise of Mauritius, received 

 from L. Bouton, Esq. 



A unique series of two of the Galapagos species of Gigantic Land Tortoises from 

 Albemarle and Abingdon Islands ; obtained by Commander Cookson. 



The type of Ttstudo schweiyyerl ; obtained by exchange. 



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