ACCOtTNTS, &C., OF THK IHUTISH MUSEUM 50 



The dried head of a Givaro Indian, from Ecuador ; presented by J. B. Whitehead, 

 Esq. 



Twenty skulls of Mammals from Kamtschatka ; received in exchange from the 

 St. Petersburg Museum. 



Two Mammals from Ichang on the Yang-tse-Kiang, one a rare Goat-Antelope 

 (Nemurrhcedus cinereus) new to the collection ; presented by Percy Montgomery, Esq. 



A specimen of a rare Dolphin {Neomeris phocanoides) from the Yang-tse-Kiang ; pur- 

 chased. 



Fifty-nine small Mammals from South Texas ; collected and presented by W. Taylor, 

 Esq. 



Thirty-four Mammals from Mexico and Vera Cruz; presented by Messrs. O. Salvin 

 and F. D. Godman. 



Fifteen Rodents from Brazil, comprising nine species new to the collection, received 

 in exchange from the Copenhagen Museum. 



Twenty Mammals from Eio Grande do Sul; purchased. 



The skull and skin of a rare Gazelle \Gazella tho7nsoni) from. Masai-land; presented 

 by II. C. V. Hunter, Esq. 



Nil e Mammals from Somali-land ; collected and presented by E. Lort Phillips, Esq. 



Sixty-four Mammals, chiefly from Burmah ; presented by the Marquis G. Doria. 



Twenty-five Mammals from South India; presented by W. Davison, Esq. 



Thirty- nine Mammals from the Indian region ; presented by W. T. Blanford, 

 Esq., F.K.S. 



Twenty-six skulls and horns of Indian Mammals, also a new Flying-Squirrel {Enpetaurus 

 cinereus) from Kashmir ; presented by R. Lydekker, Esq. 



The skull of a Short-beaked Dolphin (Orce//a irmrosfrz's) from Muara Island, North 

 Borneo ; presented by P. W. Bassett Smith, Esq. 



Fifteen Mammals from Sogere, S.E. New Guinea, including the types of three new 

 species, and twenty-three human skulls from New Guinea and the Louisiade Archipelago, 

 collecied by Mr, H. O. Forbes ; purchased. 



A life-sized model of a female Killer (^Oir.a gladiator) ; purchased. 



Birds. — 20,279 specimens were added to this branch of the collection during the past 

 year. Beside the " Henshaw " and other collections already mentioned, the following are 

 most worthy of note : — 



Seventy-six specimens of British birds ; presented by Theodore Fisher, Esq. 



Fifty- three eggs of Guillemots and Razor-bills from Flamborough Head; presented by 

 the Right Hon the Earl of Londesborough. 



A specimen of the Isabelline Wheatear (Saxicola isahellina^ shot in Cumberland; pre- 

 sented by the Rev. H. A. Macpherson. 



Two hundred and thirty-one birds from Cyprus, including specimens of a new Titmouse 

 (Parus cypriotus) ; presented by the Right Hon. Lord Lilford. 



One hundred and forty -nine birds from the Palaearctic Region ; also Sixty-four 

 specimens from Central Asia and Mongolia, duplicates from the Collection of the late 

 General Prjevalski; among i\iQm, Phasianus strauchi, Falco liendersoni ; presented by 

 Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



A specimen of a Swan from Eastern Asia {Cygnus davidi), new to the collection; 

 presented by Professor Giglioli. 



Sixty-nine birds from Ichang, China, including Yuhina diademata, &c. ; purchased. 



Forty-four specimens of birds from West Africa, including twenty species new to 

 the collection ; presented by the Lisbon Museum. 



One hundred and eighty-five birds from Fao, in the Persian Gulf; presented by 

 W. D. Cumming, Esq. 



Thirteen specimens of birds from Muscat, Arabia ; including three specimens of Bubo 

 milesi; presented by Surgeon-Major A. S. G. Jayakar. 



Four species of birds from Quetta, including Falco liendersoni and- Bubo turcomanus ; 

 presented by Sir Oliver St. John. 



Thirty-five specimens of birds from the Comoro Islands, including Scops capnodes, 

 Turdus bewsheri, &c. ; purchased. 



Eight specimens from the Comoro Islands, including Humblotia Jlavirodris and Cinnyris 

 humbloti ; presented by the Paris Museum. 



Seventy-four birds from the Mountains of Perak, seven species being previously 

 undescribed; presented by L. Wray, Esq., jun. 



Five species from Liberia and the Malayan Islands, four of them new to the Museum; 

 presented by the Leyden Museum. 



Fifty -four specimens from N.E. Borneo, including the type of Carpophaga everetti ; 

 puicbased. 



Three specimens (male, female, and young) of a Weaver-Finch (Ckhrura hyperythra) 

 from Kina Balu ; purchased. 



Fifty-seven birds from the Solomon Islands, including Astur woodfordi, Astur shebce, 

 Nasiterna aoloz, Myzumela sharpii, and others ; purchased. 



Seventy-two specimens from the Solomon Islands ; collected and presented by C. M. 

 Woodford, Esq. 



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