290 Zoology. 



96 birds from New Zealand and the adjacent islands. 

 Presented by the Earl of Ranfurly. 



989 birds from Foh-Kien, South China. Presented by 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



114 birds from Buenos Aires. Presented by Ernest 

 Gibson, Esq. 



46 eggs and 2 nests from the Azores, collected by W. R. 

 Ogilvie-Grant, Esq. Presented by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, 

 Ph.D., M.P. 



80 birds from British New Guinea. Presented by 

 H.E. Capt. F. R. Barton, Governor of British New Guinea. 



116 birds from Upper Burma. Presented by Capt. A. Mears. 



443 birds and 192 skeletons from Matogrosso, collected by 

 Mr. A. Robert. Presented by Mrs. Percy Sladen. 



245 birds from South Arabia, collected by Mr. G. W. Bury. 



466 birds from Abyssinia, collected by Mr. E. Degen. 



420 birds from Patagonia, collected by Mr. J. Koslowsky. 



275 birds from Pernambuco, etc., collected by Mr. A. Robert. 



254 birds from Paraguay, collected by Mr. W. T. Foster. 



25 birds from the Persian Gulf. Presented by W. D. 

 Cumming, Esq. 



56 from Batchian and the Obi Islands, Moluccas, collected by 

 Mr. J. Waterstradt. 



29 birds from Cyprus, collected by Mr. A. Glazner. 



102 birds from Cyprus, collected by Miss Dorothea 

 M. A. Bate. 



302 birds from the Camaroons, West Africa, collected by 

 G. L. Bates, Esq. 



130 eggs of birds from North Cachar, collected by E. C. 

 Stuart Baker, Esq., and Dr. Coltart. 



420 birds and eggs from the Southern Shan States, collected 

 by H. N. Thompson, and W. H. Craddock, Esqrs. 



1904. 



Specimens presented, 14,880; purchased, 3005; received in 

 exchange, 18. Total, 17,903. 



The following are of especial interest and value : — 



9948 eggs and 165 nests of Palaearctic birds. Presented by 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



34 birds and 51 eggs from Darjiling. Presented by B. B. 

 Osmaston, Esq. 



