42 ACCOUNTS, &C,, 9F THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The type specimens of the Woolly Cheetah {Fells lanea), the short-eared Fox (Canis 

 microtis) and the West African Bush-bok ( Tragelapkus grains) ; purchased of the Zoological 

 Society. 



The slcuUs of two Tigers and a Rhinoceros from the Nepal Terai ; presented by H.S.H. 

 the Prince of Wales. 



Twenty-four small Mammals from the neighbourhood of Adelaide ; purchased. 



Birds. — The total number of accessions during the year is 992 ; 69 of them were species 

 new to the collection, and 27 types. The following were the most valuable acquisitions : — 



Additions to the groups of British Birds were made by Lord W^alsingham, viz., Mistel- 

 thrush, Water-ouzel, Green and Golden Plovers, Dabchick ; and by Duncan Parker, 

 Esq., two nests of the Red-backed Shrike, witli old, young, and eggs. 



Twenty-four birds from Brighton ; presented by R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



A specimen of the Tawny Pipit (Anthus cumpestris), caught at Brighton in October 

 1882 ; presented by Messrs. G-. Swaysland & Sons. 



Seventy-four specimens of Wading-birds, amongst which were three Sabine's Snipes and 

 many other British-killed Limicola3, from the collection of J. E. Harting, Esq., F.L.S. 



Forty birds from Japan ; purchased. 



Forty-four birds from tlie Caucasus, Central Asia, and Siberia, including Tetraoc/allus 

 caiicasicus, Phasianus chrysomelas, and many other species new to the collection ; 

 purchased. 



Twenty-three birds from Florida ; presented by Walter Dismore, Esq. 



Twenty-three skins from the Gold Coast : presented by Captain Moloney. 



Thirty skins collected by Captain C. T. Bingham in the Thoungyun Valley, Tenas- 

 sex'iin, comprising many s])ecies new to the collection, such as Antliucincla phayrii, 

 Ganipsorhynchus torquntus, Pomatorhinus tichelli, &c. ; purchased. 



Eleven specimens of liornbills and Raptorial Birds from Sumatra ; collected by Mr. 

 H. O. Forbes, and presented by Francis Nicholson, Esq. 



Forty skins of Birds from the Nilghiris and the Brahmagherry Hills ; presented by 

 W. Davison, Esq. 



Seventy-seven specimens from the Larras River, and from Kina Balu in Borneo, and 

 from the Sooloo Islands, collected by Mr. F. W. Rurbidge, and containing the types of 

 Taiiygnathus hurbidgii, Tallus stramineicoUis, and liuchanga stigmatops ; jiresented by 

 H. V'eitch, Esq. 



Eight species of Birds from the Larras River, N. W. Borneo ; presented by 

 W. Pretyman, Esq. 



Thirteen rare species from Java and the SloUucca Islands, comprising eight new to 

 the collection ; presented by the late Director of the Leiden Museum. 



Seventy-four skins from Tenasserim ; presented by Captain Bingham. 



Twenty-two specimens collected by Mr. A. Goldie in the Astrolabe Mountains. S. E., 

 New Guinea ; amongst them the type specimens of a new Paradise Bird {Puradisea 

 decora) with other rarities ; purchased. 



An example of the rare Bird of Paradise, Dipliyllodes gidlielmi-tertu ; purchased. 



The tj'jies of Drepanornis cervinicauda (Sclater), from S. E. New Guinea ; presented 

 by Dr. Bennett of S3-dney. 



An example of the Tooth-billed Bower Bird {Scenopceus dentirostris) from Queensland; 

 presented by E. P. Ramsay, Esq. 



Repliks. — The number of accessions was 375, the following being most noteworthy : — 



A collection of ninety-four specimens from Western Mexico, made by Herr A. Forrer, 

 and containing many species new to the Museum, and a new species of Lizard {Eumeces 

 hocourti) ; purchased. 



A collection of twenty-two specimens from Guatemala ; presented by F. D. Godman, 

 Esq,, F.R.s. 



A selected series of sixty-five Ground Snakes, mostly Uropeltida, collected by Col. 

 Beddome in Southern India, and containing typical specimens of numerous species 

 described by him and new to the Museum : purchased. 



Three specimens of a new species of Lizard (^Sceloporus garrnani) from Dakota; pur- 

 chased. 



A remarkablj^ large specimen of Ophiophagns elaps ; presented by T. A. Bulkley, Esq. 



Batrachians. — The accessions number 129, of which the following are the most im- 

 portant : — 



Two ra,re species of limbless Batrachians, desiderata to the Museum ; obtained in 

 exchange .'rom the Berlin Museum. 



A new species of l^ewt {HynoMus lichenatus) from Japan ; presented by G. Lewis, Esq. 



A selected series of 38 specimens collected by Herr A. Forrer in Western Mexico, and 

 containing three new species of Frogs in addition to several species new to the collection; 

 purchased. 



A limbless Batrachian from the Seychelles, type of a new genus and species, Crypto- 

 psupliis multiplicatits ; presented by Dr. Giinther, f.k.s. 



Five undescribed Frogs, discovered in New Guinea by M. D'Albertis ; received in 

 exchange from the Genoa Museum. 



Fishes. — 



