ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 33 



Male, female, and young of the Fur Seal of the Pribelow Islands (^Arctocephalus 

 ursinus) ; jjurchased. 



Skeletons of the male, female, and young of a small Chinese Deer {Elaphodus ceplia- 

 lophus), from Ningpo ; piu'chased. 



A collection of fifty-four Mammals from Cochin China and Gamboja; presented by 

 M. E. Pierre, Director of the Botanic Gardens, Saigou. 



Skull of an Ashantee Chief. " This skull was presented to the Governor of St. George 

 d'Elmina, by the King of Ashantee, and represented by him to be the skull of the chief 

 who cut off the head of Sir Charles McCarthy, when that general fell in his campaign 

 against the Ashantees." 



Skull of a fully adult Goi'illa; purchased, 



Nine antelopes from Fantee, among them C^phalop/nis (Jor.ialis, Cephalophus sylvicul- 

 trix, Nanofruf/KS perpiisillus, I'ragelaphua soiptus, Eurpceros eurycems ; purchased. 



A second consignment of Mammals from Duke of York's Island, collected by the Rev. 

 G. Brown ; purchased. 



Male and female of Hppsiprynmodon moschatus, a Marsupial recently discovered in 

 North Eastern Australia ; presented by Professor Owen, c.B. 



Another consignment of the Mammals of Medellin, U.S. of Columbia, containing 

 specimens of the Spectacled Bear (Uelarctos ornatna) ; purchased. 



A specimen of a rare Bat from Ncav Gi'anada ( Lonr.horhina aurita); purchased. 



A specimen of a rare Armadillo (Dnsypti.^ iuguhris) from Demerara ; sent by the Rev. 

 W. Y. Turner. 



A skeleton of a Ziphioid Whale from the Southern Indian Ocean [Zip/iius capensis) ; 

 purchased. 



Sircls. — The total number of acquisitions (exclusive of the collection of Birds' Eggs 

 mentioned above) amounts to 2,919, of which one hundred and fifty-nme were species 

 entirely new to the collection, and tM^enty-seven typical specimens. The following- 

 accessions may be specially mentioned :■ — ■ 



The typical series of the Birds collected by the Naturalists of the Expedition sent 

 by the Geogra])hical Society of Bremen to Western Siberia and Turkestan ; the number 

 of specimens amounts to 205 ; purchased. 



Thirteen rare Fly-catchers from Darjiling, among them five species new to the 

 collection ; presented by L. Mandelli, Esq. 



A collection of 308 specimens from Cochin China and Gamboja, containing a new 

 species of Campophaya, as well as niunerous others new to the British Museum ; pre- 

 sented by M. E. Pierre, Director of the Botanic Gardens, Saigou. 



The tyjje of a new species of Indicator from Malacca (/. malayunus) ; purchased. 

 Seventy-eight specimens from Ceylon ; presented by Captain Vincent Legge, R.A. 

 The type of a new species of Scops Owl ( Scops miniita), from Ceylon ; presented by G. 

 Bligh, Esq. 



A collection of 12! specimens made by the late Mr. E. C. Buxton in Western Java; 

 presented by Francis Nicholson, Esq. 



Thirty-four Fly-catchers from the Malayan Archipelago and New Guinea, representing 

 seventeen species previously desiderata to the collection ; presented by the Leyden Museum. 

 Eleven Fly-catchers and Cuckoo Shrikes obtained by Dr. A. B. Meyer during his 

 travels in the Moluccas and New Guinea ; purchased. 



A series of the Hornbills of the Lawas River, N.W. Borneo; collected by H.E. 

 Governor Ussher, cm.g. 



Seventy-five specimens from Sarawak, collected by Mr. H. Everett, among them the 

 type of Jxidia puroticalis ; purchased. 



Forty-seven specimens from the Arfak Mountains, N.W. New Guinea, collected by 

 M. Leon Lfiglaize ; among them thii-teen specimens new to the collection ; purchased. 



Specimens of a race of the Domestic Fowl from the Fiji Islands, ^vhich had reverted 

 to th.e wild state ; presented by E. L. Layard, Esq., CM.G. 



Thirty-eight specimens from the Pelew Islands, among them 12 species new to the 

 collection ; purchased. 



Fourteen Fly-catchers from various South Sea Islands, ncAv to the collection ; pur- 

 chased of the Godeffroy Museum. 



The collection of Birds and their eggs made by the Rev. S. J. VVhitmee in the 

 Samoa, Ellice, Fiji and Loyalty Islands ; purchased. 



Eight specimens from ihe Azores, rei)resenting four species new to the collection ; 

 presented by F. Du Cane Godman, Esq. 



The remainder ot the collection of African Birds formed by, and formerly in the 

 possession of, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. ; it consists of 900 specimens ; purchased. 



_ A selected series from the collections made by Dr. Lucan and M. Petit in the Congo 

 district, and containing six new species ; purchased. 



Two specimens of a Plumed Guinea-toAvl {Nvmida eduardi), from the coast of 

 Mozambique ; presented by Lord Lilford. 



A second consignment of the birds of Uruguay, consisting of 108 specimens; sent by 

 A. Peel, Esq. ; purchased. 



Another consignment of the birds of Medelliu, U.S. of Columbia, consisting of fifty 

 specimens, sent by Mr. Salmon ; purchased. 



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