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the Orange "River were given by him to the British Museum during his 

 stay in England. 



Brandt. 



33 specimens from various parts of Russia, Siberia, and Central Asia. 

 Purchased. [42. 3. 14, 14-22 ; 42. 4. 26, 6-9 ; 44. 3. 14, 5-6 ; 45. 4. 

 21, 16-23; 45. 7. 22, 5-14.] 



81 skeletons of birds from Chili. Purchased. [50. 11. 14, 1-38 ; 54. 

 1.28,1-10; 58. 11.20, 1-33.] 



Brandt was a well-known dealer in Hamburg, and (so I have been 

 told) a brother of Prof. Brandt, the Director of the Imperial Museum 

 in St. Petersburg. Through the latter he received for disposal many 

 duplicates from the expeditions of the Eussian Government, and thus 

 the Museum was able to acquire many interesting specimens. Who 

 collected the Chilian skeletons of birds I have not been able to discover. 



Branicki {Count). 



10 specimens from Poland and 22 from Peru, including 9 species new 

 to the collection. Presented. [92. 12. 24, 1-32.] 



13 specimens from Peru and Bolivia. Received in exchange. [1903. 

 10. 12, 1-13.] Contained several species new to the collection. 



When Dr. Taczanowski was Director of the Warsaw Museum, the 

 two brothers, Counts Branicki, organised several expeditions to South 

 America, especially to Peru. Hence Taczanowski was able to write his 

 standard work, the " Ornithologie du Perou," in furtherance of which he 

 visited England and the principal Museums of Europe. Mr. Jelski, who 

 had previously collected on the River Oyapock in Cayenne for the Maison 

 Verreaux, and Dr. Stolzmann were the naturalists selected, and both did 

 splendid work. Many of the duplicates passed into the Sclater and 

 Salvin-Godman collections. Afterwards Count Branicki decided to found 

 the Museum Branicki at Warsaw, of which Dr. Stolzmann is now the 

 Director, and the collections made by Kalinowski in Peru and Ecuador 

 have been described by Count von Berlepsch and Dr. Stolzmann (P.Z.S., 

 1896, pp. 322-88, pis. xiii. and xiv. ; 1902, vol. ii., pp. 18-60). 



Brazier (John). 



25 eggs from New Britain and the Solomon Islands. Presented. 

 [74. 11. 18, 38-62.] 



Mr. Brazier is principally known as a Conchologist, but on his 

 expeditions to the islands now known as the Bismarck Archipelago, he 

 was in the habit of collecting birds in spirits, which he sent to his friend 

 Gerard Krefi't, the Director of the Sydney Museum, and the predecessor 

 of Dr. E. P. Ramsay. Mr. Krefft forwarded the collections to Dr. P. L. 

 Sclater at the Zoological Society (cf. P.Z.S., 1865, pp. 620-22, pi. xxxv.). 



Breadalbane (Marquess of). 



8 specimens of Tetrao urog alius and other Game-birds from Killin and 

 Tyndrum, N.B. Presented. [92/12.18,1-8.] 



4 Ptarmigan from Blackmount, Perthshire. Presented. [1905. 

 8. 10, 1-6.] 



Bremen, Geographical Society of. 



222 birds from Siberia and Central Asia. Purchased. [78. 12. 31, 

 20-222.] 



This collection was the result of the expedition to Central Asia 

 promoted by the Geographical Society of Bremen. 



