Birds. 2 77 



67 birds from Ecuador. Presented by W. II. I). Baggard, 



63 birds from China. Presented by P. W. Sty, in. Esq. 



669 specimens of Phahicrocoracitlae (Cormorants), Anatidae 

 (Ducks), Accipitres (birds of prey), Strigea (Owls), and Crowj 

 (Corcidse), etc., being the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth instal- 

 ments of the Shelley collection. 



1895. 



Specimens presented, 2687 ; purchased, 7806 ; received in 

 exchange, 18. Total 10,561. 



Of special interest are : — 



2 Little Auks (Alle (die) found dead at Sandringham. 

 Presented by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (King Edward VII.). 



247 birds and eggs, from Madeira, Porto Santo, and the 

 Salvage Islands. Presented by the Hon. Cecil Baring, and 

 W*. Et. Ogil vie- Grant, Esq. 



46 Petrels (Procellariiforines) and Gulls (Larifonncs). Pre- 

 sented by Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



92 1 birds with nests and eggs from Rio de Janeiro 

 Presented by Alexander Fry, Esq. 



3124 specimens of African birds, being the twenty-seventh to 

 the thirty-fifth instalment of the Shelley Collection of African 

 Birds. 



23 types of new species of birds discovered during his expe- 

 dition to Lake Rudolf. Presented by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith. 



179 birds from Somali Land, including nine types and twelve 

 species new to the Museum, collected by E. Lort Phillips, Esq. 



7 1 birds and eggs from Aden. Presented by Colonel Yerbury. 



4426 birds from Assam and Manipur, including many types 

 and species new to the Museum, collected by Colonel J I. II. 

 Godwin-Austen, F.R.S. 



104 birds from the Philippine Islands, the Sum Archipelago, 

 and Mt. Kina Balu in N.W. Borneo, collected by A. II. 

 Everett, Esq. 



22 birds from the islands of Luzon and Mindoro, in tin 

 Philippine A rchipelago, collected by A . II. Kwivtt, K-<[. 



58 birds from Now Zealand. 1 'resented by Sir Samuel 

 Scott, Bart. 



175 birds from the Hawaiian Archipelago, including twenty- 

 six species new to the .Museum, collected by R. C. L. Perkins, 

 Esq. Presented by the Joint Committees of tin- Royal Si 

 and the British Association. 



