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Society determined in this year to hand over its collection <»f 

 birds to the British Museum, [t was a very important donation, 

 containing the types of the Australian birds described by Vigors 

 .•ind Horsneld (Tr. Linn. Soc 3 xv., pp. 180-330), and the 

 Parrots described by Temminck (Tr. Linn. So.-., xiii., pp. 111- 

 129). 



39 birds collected by Sir John Kirk during the Livingstone 

 expedition. Presented by the Foreign < Office. 



I I birds from the Zambesi and Shire Rivers. Collected and 

 presented by the Rev. Charles Livingstone, including the type 

 of the Livingstone Touraco (Turacus livingstonei). 



An adult specimen of the Whale-headed Stork (Balseiiic j>< 

 rex), obtained by Consul Petherick. 



1864. 



79 specimens presented ; 394 purchased. Total, 473. 

 265 birds from Palestine. Collected by the Rev. Canon 

 Tristram. 



1865. 



21G specimens presented; 323 purchased. Total, 539. 



88 birds from Guatemala, duplicates from Mr. Osbert Sal \ ins 

 collection. 



115 sets of eggs. Purchased of Mr. John Gould. 



1 GO birds from .Malacca. Presented by W. Harvey, Esq. 



At this time the Museum had very few specimens fr< mi the 

 Malay Archipelago, and the collection was of great use. By 

 the presentation of the Hume and Tweeddale collections, .Mr. 

 Harvey's series, which had no exact localities or dates, was 

 superseded, and most of the specimens have been given away v> 

 ol her Museums. 



•_".> birds from Halmahera, and other islands in the Malay 

 Archipelago, collected by Dr. A. R. Wallace. 



1866. 



122 specimens presented ; 336 purchased. Total. t58. 



In this year were acquired : — 



66 birds from Upper Ajnazonia, from Mr. Edward Bartlett's 

 expedition to the River Amazon, being the first mm of his 

 collection [cf. Scl. and Salv., P.Z.S., L867, pp. 748 759]. 



68 nests from North America. Presented by Osbert 

 Salvin, Esq. 



