230 Zoology. 



Lot 73. Dusky-breasted Partridge (female), Latham MS. 

 Bought by Lord Stanley for £2 4s. 



Lot 81. Spotted-necked Quail, Latham MS., also bought by 

 Lord Stanley, for £1 lis. 6<£ 



Dr. Leach does not seem to have bought more than one lot 

 at this day's sale. Perhaps his money was exhausted and the 

 prices were too high. On this occasion Mr. Ledbrook was bidding 

 for the Marquess of Buckingham, as Professor Newton's copy 

 records that he gave £30 for a pair of cases (Lot 110) with 

 Crocodiles, Lizards, etc. 



Lot 119, which concluded the sale, contained a magnificent 

 specimen of the Japan Peacock (male and female) and a Wild 

 Turkey, in the mahogany glass case; the whole of the birds 

 in which were presented by her late Majesty to the Museum. 

 The lot was separated "by desire," and Mr. Warwick bought 

 the male Peacock for £9, and Baron Laugier secured the female 

 Peacock for £3 9s., and the Turkey for 7 guineas. 



The Seventeenth Day's Sale took place on Thursday, 

 May 27, 1819, and Dr. Leach was not present. 



Lot 24. Several species of American Fringillas, " four all 

 different" (MS. note). Purchased by Mr. Vigors for lis. 



Lot 32. Pair of beautiful Goatsuckers; unknown (£2 16s.). 



Lot 33. A beautiful Long-tailed Goatsucker, undescribed ; 

 from Africa (£3 3s.). These two lots were bought by Colonel 

 Brewer or Bruen. 



A pair of Argus Pheasants in a mahogany case fetched 

 £29 18s. M. (Warwick). 



Lot 46. A Red-legged Partridge, T[etrao] Rufous (sic), 

 "killed in Suffolk on grounds of Lord Rendlesham," fetched 

 27s., and was bought by Mr. Ledbrook. 



Lot 54. Chinese Jacanu, P[arra] Sinensis. Bought by Baron 

 Laugier for 4 guineas. A MS. note in Professor Newton's copy 

 adds : " Sent to B. [i.e. Bullock] from French Museum. Unique 

 in this kingdom." 



Lot 60. White Gallinule, F[ulica] alba. New Zealand, rare ; 

 brought by Sir J. Banks. Purchased by Lord Stanley for 3 guineas. 

 It is an albino of Porpltyrio melanonotus, and of the specimen a 

 full history is given, by Dr. H. O. Forbes in the " Bulletin " of 

 the Liverpool Museums for May 1901 (vol. iii., No. 2, pp. 62-68). 



Further remarks are to be found in Sir Walter Buller's 

 " Supplement to the ' Birds of New Zealand ' " (vol. i., p. 73, note) 



