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two years, raising the position of his Museum to one of the first Impor- 

 tance. From 1841 to 1864, his monthly reports published in the 

 "Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal," on the accessions n 

 by the Museum, were of the highest scientific quality, and often 

 contained monographic articles on certain groups of Mammals and Birds. 

 Shortly before retiring from the Calcutta Museum he made a brief 

 excursion to Burma and Tenasserim. 



[See Hume's appreciation of his work in 'Stray Feathers,' vii., 

 p, 528 (1878). Biography— 'Ibis,' 1874, p. 465; J.A.S.Beng., extra 

 no., 1875, pp. 1-167 ; Diet. Nat. Biog., v., p. 270.] 



Blyth & Co. {Messrs.). 



L'l birds from British New Guinea. Purchased. [98. 5. 31, 1-21.] 

 Some rare species were in this collection, including an example ot 



Erdacestoma nigripectus, De Vis. 



Boate (A.) 



48 birds from Ceylon. Purchased. [76. 5. 31, 1-48.] 



Bocage (Prof. Barboza du), Director of the Lisbon Museum [q.v.]. 

 Under the direction of Prof. Barboza du Bocage, a large amount oi 

 scientific exploration has been done in the Portuguese possessions in 

 Africa by means of collectors (Anchieta, F. Newton, etc.) Prof. Bocage 

 has always been a good friend to the British Museum, to which he has 

 presented many rare species of birds. 



Bock (Carl). 



See Ramsay, Colonel R. G. Wardlaw. 

 Collected in Sumatra for the late Marquess of Tweeddale. His book on 

 the " Head-hunters of Borneo " is a well-known work. 



Bohndorff (F.). 



128 specimens from the Niam-Nia?n country. Purchased. [84. 5. 1 

 1-128.] 



A most important collection, containing five new species and others 

 not previously in the Museum, of great value as showing the extension cf 

 the purely West African Avifauna to the western watershed of the Nile. 

 New species described : Crateropus bohndorffi, Sig modus mi ntalis, Pionias 

 crassus, Ceuthmochares intermedins, Syrnium bohndorffi, (cf. Sharpe, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., 1884, pp. 419-441). Bohndorff had served in the 

 Sudan with Gordon, and returning from Dr. Junker's expedition to the 

 Niam-Xiam country, was nearly cut off by the Mahdi. lie met Gordon 

 in the middle of the Korusko desert, as he was hurrying to his fate, and 

 was the last European who spoke to him. See my paper (I.e.). 



17 birds from the Congo River, including nine species new (0 the 

 collection. Purchased. [87. 8. 12, 1-17.] 



After his return from the Sudan, Bohndorff collected on the Congo 

 and in East Africa. Some of his skins, subsequently obtained in the 

 Zanzibar district, were presented to the Museum by Emin I'asha. 



Bombay Natural History Society. 



L8 Kali] Pheasants from Upper Burma. Received in exchai 

 [1005. 1. 25, 231-248.1 



A specimen of rodoces pleskei from Kain, Persia. Presented. 

 [1005. 7. 20, 1.] 



