2 (10 Zoology. 



1876. 



Specimens presented, 2372; purchased, 1656. Total, 4028. 



100 specimens from Europe and Asia. Purchased of Mr. John 

 Gould. 



1246 birds from the North-Western Himalayas and Malacca. 

 Presented by Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill. 



110 specimens of birds, nests, and eggs, collected in the Island 

 of Rodriguez during the Transit of Venus expedition by the Rev. 

 H. H. Slater and Mr. G. Gulliver. Presented by the Royal 

 Society. 



200 birds from Upper Burma, collected by Dr. John Anderson 

 during the Yun-nan expedition. Presented by the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta. 



300 birds from Western North America, collected during the 

 North American Boundary Commission (49th parallel), by 

 Professor G. Dawson. Presented by the Foreign Office. 



151 birds from British North Borneo, and the Island of 

 Labuan, collected by Sir Hugh Low. 



750 African birds, being the fourth instalment of Dr. Bowdler 

 Sharpe's collection. Purchased. 



22 birds and 114 eggs collected in Kerguelen Island by the 

 Rev. A. E. Eaton during the Transit of Venus expedition. 

 Presented by the Royal Society. 



77 birds from the Philippine Islands. Collected by Professor 

 J. B. Steere. 



1877. 



Specimens presented, 845; purchased, 1006. Total, 1851. 



Of special interest were : — 



138 birds from Kingwilliamstown, East Cape Colony. Pre- 

 sented by Major H. Trevelyan. 



53 birds from China. Presented by the Shanghai Museum. 



25 birds from British New Guinea, collected by O. C. Stone, 

 Esq. 



1 2 birds from British New Guinea, collected by Dr. James. 



3 birds, all new to the collection. Received in exchange from 

 the Darmstadt Museum. 



600 African birds, being the fourth instalment of Dr. Bowdler 

 Sharpe's collection. Purchased. 



144 birds from Labuan and North West Borneo, collected by 

 Governor Ussher. 



