ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 49 



Eight hundred and fifty-three specimens from Buenos Ayres and Patagonia, collected 

 by the late Mr. Henry Durnford, containing the types of Cydorhis oltirostris and Por- 

 zana spiloptera ; purchased. 



A specimen of the rare Swainson's Warbler {Helonaa sivainsorii) fvom Charleston; 

 presented by Dr. Elliot Coues. 



An example of the rare Pygmy Owl from Arizona (Micrathene wliitneiji) ; presented 

 by H. K. Coale, Esq. 



Two specimens of the Tooth-billed Bower Bird {Scenopmus dendroatris), and a pair of 

 {Cr actions rufesrens) from Queensland ; presented by T. H. B. Bowyer, Esq. 



Reptiles .-—Seven hundred and fifty-four additions were made to this part of this col- 

 lection, of which the following are the most interesting : — 



Forty specimens of new or rare Lizards and Snakes, from various localities ; received 

 in exchange from the Marquis G. Doria. 



A series of 36 specimens from Portugal ; collected by Dr. Gadow. 



Nineteen specimens from various parts of Spain ; presented by M. V. L. Seoane. 



Sixty specimens from Italy ; received from the Florence Museum. 



Five Snakes from Cyprus ; presented by Dr. E. C. Cullen. 



Forty-five specimens from Algeria and Tunis -, presented by M. T. Lataste- 



Fifty-six Lizards from various localities of the Busslan Empire ; obtained in exchange 

 from the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg. 



Sixteen specimens from Arabia, Mesopotamia, and N. W. India, among which is a 

 new species of Scink ( Scincus muscateiisia) ; presented by J. A. Murray, Esq., of the 

 Kurrachee Museum. 



A collection of 29 specimens from Muscat, Arabia, containing a new Lizard, 

 Lacertu jayakari, and an apparently new Hydrophis ; presented by Surgeon Major 

 A. S. G. Jayakar. 



A specimen of the rare Chamael eon, C. calcarifer, from Aden; presented by Major 

 Yerbury, r.a. 



Twelve specimens from S. "W. India; presented by "W. Davison, Esq. 



Fifteen Snakes from Cochin China ; presented by Evan C. Cox Smith, Esq. 



Nineteen specimens from the Island of" Nias ; purchased. 



A collection of 33 specimens from the Willis Mountains, Java, containing a new 

 Gecko ; purchased. 



A collection of 25 specimens from Madagascar ; collected by Rev. Deans Cowan. 



A specimen of Testudo elephantiua from Aldabra ; presented by Dr. A. Giinther. 



Ten specimens from Senegambia ; presented by Captain Moloney. 



Twelve specimens from the Congo ; including a new species of Amplnshcenidce {Mono- 

 pdtis guenlheri); purchased. 



Specimens of two new Geckos {Rhnptropus ocellatus and Fachydactylus maculatus) ; 

 presented by the South African Museum. 



Thirty Lizards from the United States, mostly desiderata ; obtained in exchange from 

 the Smithsonian Institute. 



Thirty-seven specimens from Central America; presented by Messrs. F. Du Cane 

 Godmau and O. Salvin. 



A specimen of the rare Lizard Lepidophyma Jlavomaculatum ; obtained in exchange 

 from the Brussels Museum. 



A fine specimen of j4 mc2i;a 5Mn"na?weHs/.9, being the type of Cnemidophorus maculatus 

 Fischer; obtained in exchange from Dr. J. G. Fischer. 



Type specimens of two species of Snakes Rhegnops surgi and Virginia fasciata ; 

 obtained in exchange from the Stuttgart Museum. 



One of the type specimens of Ctenosaura interrupta ; obtained in exchange from the 

 Paris Museum. 



A rare Lizard (^Heterodactylus irnlricalm) from the Montequeira mountains, Brazil ; 

 presented by G. L. Hunt, Esq. 



Twelve specimens from Ecuador ; collected by Edward Whymper, Esq. 



A specimen of a new Lizard [Enyaloidts leechii) from Santarem ; presented by J. H. 

 Leech, Esq. 



A series of 58 specimens from the province of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, containing 

 Liolcemiis occipitalis, Anisolepis ihf.ringii, Geophis reticulatus, Leptognathus ventrimaculatus, 

 new to the collection ; collected by Dr. von Ihering. 



Nine specimens of Lizards and Snakes from Paraguay, of species new to the collection; 

 purchased. 



A specimen of a rare Crocodile {Ciocodilus johnstoni) from Port Darwin ; purchased. 



A collection of 36 specimens from Xew Guinea and Murray Islands, among which 

 is a new species of Gecko {Gecko pumilus) ; purchased. 



A collection of 22 Lizards from New Caledonia, containing three species of GerJws 

 new to the Museum ; purchased. 



Bntrachlans : — Two hundred and ninety-eight specimens were added to tbe collection ; 

 the following deserve special notice : — 



Fifteen specimens from Italy ; received from the Florence Museum. 



0.102. H 2 Twenty-nine 



