226 Zoology. 



Lot 71, Genoese Eagle, Latham MS., killed in 1814 near 

 Genoa, was purchased by Mr. Vigors for 32s. 



Many species of the Accipitres are said to be " unknown." 



Lot 79 was in the latter category, but Professor Newton's 

 copy has a MS. note " bro* by S r Joseph Bankes." The Lot was 

 bought by Dr. Leach for 4 guineas. 



Lot 97. Zone-tailed Eagle, bought by Leach for 30s. 



Lot 113, an Egyptian Vulture (female), was also purchased 

 by him for £2 12s. 6d. 



Lot 121. "White Jer Falcon, Falco Islandicus ; a beautiful 

 specimen of this exceeding rare British bird, in its snow white 

 plumage." For this specimen Leach gave £10, but it is no longer 

 in the British Museum. 



Although many of his purchases were afterwards found in the 

 last-named Museum, there is no absolute proof that he was acting 

 on behalf of that institution. As Professor Newton observes in 

 his copy of Bullock's Sale-Catalogue, " The specimen of the Jer 

 Falcon is not included in the List of Birds in the British 

 Museum. Hence Dr. Leach may have bought other things not 

 for the Museum, or some may have been destroyed since, e.g. 

 the Aust. Pratincole." From the evidence of his " Catalogue of 

 Mammals and Birds," 1816, it would seem as if Leach had a 

 private collection. 



For Lot 126, a pair of the " Casrulescent Hawk," i.e. the Small 

 Falconet, of Java, Baron Laugier gave the extravagant (according 

 to our notions of the present day) price of £5 15s. 6d. ! 



The Fourteenth Day's Sale took place on the 21st of May, 

 1819, and consisted of " Birds of the Psittacus or Parrot Genus ; 

 of which this collection contains perhaps a greater variety, and 

 more undescribed species, than any other ; many of them were 

 brought by Sir Joseph Banks, in his Voyage of Discovery with 

 Captain Cook ; and are in no other collection." 



It is difficult to understand why Banks, who was a Trustee of 

 the British Museum and a liberal donor to our institution, should 

 have parted with his specimens of birds to Bullock and the 

 Leverian Museum. 



The following were bought by Dr. Leach : — 



Lot 15. Yellow-winged Parrakeet, P. verescens (15s.). 



Lot 19. Horned Parrakeet, P. cornutus ; brought by Sir 

 Joseph Banks from the South Sea ; the specimen described by 

 Doctor Latham (£5 10s.). This was doubtless the typical bird 



