ACCOUNTS, &.C., OF THE BRITISH W USEUM . 



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Five birds, among them the type of Xivui suhinii; presented by the executors of the 

 late Sir Edward Sabine, F.E.S. 



Twenty-eight specimens from Japan, including the type of Bubo hlackistoni ; presented 

 by Captain Blackiston. 



Two hundred and fifty-four skins of birds from Nagasaki ; presented by F. Rino-cr, 

 Esq. 



Three hundred and thirty-two specimens from Central India presented by Colonel 

 Swinhoe. 



Ninety specimens from Mysore and the Nilghiri Hills ; presented by W. Davison, Esq. 



Twenty-seven birds from Bourou and Amboyna, including four species new to the 

 collection, as well as the types of Myzomela ivahuloensis ; collected by Mr. H. O. Forbes • 

 purchased. 



Four hundred and twenty-six specimens presented by the executors of the late W. A. 

 Forbes, Esq., in accordance with his request. This collection consists of the skins 

 obtained by Mr. Forbes on the Niger, and his private collection of finches and cuckoos. 



One hundred and twenty-eight specimens from the Niam Niam Country, Central 

 Africa, collected by Hr. F. JBohndorff, and containing six sj^ecies new to science, and ten 

 new to the collection ; purchased. 



Sixty-four specimens from the Zambesi, including a specimen of Psalidoprociie anli- 

 norii ; presented by Sir John Kirk, k.C.m.g. 



Nineteen specimens from Ashantee, including the type of Lunicn-ius Ingdeni ; jiresented 

 by Godfrey Lagden, Esq. 



The type of Gccinus iveheri, and examples of two rare Plantain-eaters {Schizorkis leo- 

 poldi) and (Corythaixjischeri); purchased. 



Eight specimens from Aden ; presented by Major Yerbury. r.a. 



Three rare warblers from Jamaica, one {HelminthotheTUs swainsu7ii) being new to the 

 collection : presented by Edward Newton, Esq., c.m.g. 



Twelve specim.ens from the Solomon Islands, of which six belonged to species not 

 before repi-esented in the Museum ; purchased. 



JReptiles :—0f the three hundred and seventy-nine specimens added to this section of 

 the collection, the following are the most noteworthy acquisitions : — 



Six specimens of Lizards from Coruna, Spain, among which the very rare Lacertu 

 schreiheti, new to the collection ; presented by M. V. L. Seoane. 



Eleven specimens from Sind and Persia, mostly types of species recently described by 

 Mr. Murray; j^'esented by the Kurrachee Museum. 



Forty-three specimens from Southern India ; collected by Colonel Beddome ; pur- 

 chased. 



Two small collections (45 specimens) made in the Island of Nias by Herr Sandemann ; 

 purchased. 



A specimen of a new species of Lizard {Gonyoaphalus interruptus), from Mindanao; 

 presented by Mr. George Taylor. 



A specimen of the rare Gecko, P/ie/^Mwa ??e?(; torn?', from Rodriguez ; presented by J. 

 C. O'Halloran, Esq. 



Three specimens of a new species of Gecko, Fhelsuma guent]ieri,iron\^o\xn^l&\Andt, 

 near Mauritius; presented by Dr. Giinther, r.E.s. 



Twelve specimens from Sierra Leone ; presented by H. C. Hart, Esq. 



A collection of fifty-three specimens, containing a new species of Gecko ( Lcpidodac- 

 tylus giippii), and a new species of Snake {IJoplocephalus par) found in the Solomon Group, 

 and presented by H. B. Gujjpy, Esq., m.b.. Surgeon of H.M.S. " Lark." 



A collection of fifteen specimens from Port Darwin, containing specimens of a new 

 species of Gecko (JDiplodactylus ciliaris) ; purchased. 



Nineteen specimens collected by Dr. Hahnel at Yurimaguas, Huallaga Kiver, Peru ; 

 purchased. 



Nine specimens from the province Bio Grande do Sul, among which were three 

 specimens of a tortoise new to the collection ; purchased. 



Eight specimens from south of Bio de la Plata; presented by Lieut. Gairdner. 



Batrachiuiis : — The number of accessions was 389, the following being the most impor- 

 tant : — 



Seven specimens of liana esculenta, var. lessona, from Stow Bedon, Norfolk ; presented 

 by Lord Walsingham. 



Two specimens of Rariu esculenta {typiai), from Fculden, Norfolk ; presented by W. A. 

 T. Amherst, Esq., m.p. 



Twenty-two specimens of Runa est w/e?; to, illustrating the variations of this species in 

 the Russian Empire ; received from the St. Petersburg Museum. 



A new sjiecies of Frog (^Rana masonii) from Java; presented; by Geo. E. Mason, Esq. 



A very important collection of fifty-one specimens of Frogs from small islands of the 

 Solomon Group, containing six new &T^ec\es,, one of vihich {^Ctratobatrachus guentheri) is 

 the tyjje of a new family ; presented by H. B. Guppy, Esq., m.b., H.M.S. " Lark." 



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