320 Zoology. 



Gould, who mentions his prowess on more than one occasion in his 

 " Birds of Great Britain." 



He was my guide, philosopher, and friend in my early days, and 

 mounted all my birds for me. We were planning excursions to different 

 parts of the coast, when he died suddenly of heart disease: he lies 

 buried in Cookham churchyard. When I was appointed to the Museum, 

 one of my first acts was to present my entire collection of British birds 

 in the name of my old friend, so that he should be connected with the 

 national museum of his native country, of which he was certainly one 

 of the best field ornithologists. Among this collection, mounted by Briggs, 

 are all the birds procured by me as a boy, the first specimen ever shot by 

 me being a Wryneck. It would be difficult, under the present altered 

 conditions of the Thames, to find now the birds which were to be met 

 with in the days of Briggs and myself forty years ago. 



British Association for the Advancement of Science. 



66 birds from Sokotra, collected by Prof, I. Bayley Balfour (q.v.) 

 Presented. [81. 3. 21, 1-66.] 



103 birds from the Tenimber Islands, collected by Dr. H. 0. Forbes. 

 Presented. [83. 5. 30, 1-103.] 



75 birds from Kilimanjaro, collected by Sir Harry Johnston, K.C.B., 

 G.C.M.G. Presented. [85. 6. 14, 1-75.] 



35 birds from the Camaroons, collected by Sir Harry Johnston, 

 K.C.B., G.C.M.G. Presented. [87. 3. 7, 1-35.] 



The British Association, in conjunction with the Pioyal Society and 

 the Eoyal Geographical Society, has often contributed funds for the 

 support of exploration. All the expeditions mentioned above were of 

 the greatest service to zoological science. 



Among Professor Balfour's discoveries in Sokotra was the wonderful 

 new genus of Finches (Bhynchostruthus socotramts), and many other 

 novelties described by Dr. Hartlaub and Dr. Sclater (P.Z.S., 1881, pp. 

 953-9, pi. lxvii.). 



Dr. Forbes' expedition to the Tenimber Islands, full of difficulty and 

 danger, shared in the most heroic manner by his wife, resulted in the 

 discovery of 26 species new to the Museum, of which 21 were also new 

 to science. [Of. Sclater, P.Z.S., 1883, pp. 48-58, pis. xi.-xiv. ; Forbes, 

 " Naturalist's Wanderings in the Malay Archipelago."] 



Sir Harry Johnston's exploration of Mount Kilimanjaro resulted in 

 the acquisition of eleven species new to the Museum, of which six were 

 previously unknown (Muscicapa johnstoni, Pratincola axillaris, Cinnyris 

 mediocris, Nectarinia johnstoni, N. kilimansis, and Pinarochroa hypos- 

 podia). \_Cf. Shelley, P.Z.S., 1884, pp. 554-8, pi. li. ; 1885, pp. 222-30, 

 pis. xiii. and xiv.] 



The exploration of the Camaroons mountains in West Africa by the 

 same naturalist resulted in the discovery of four new species of birds 

 (Poliopicus johnstoni, Laniarius airojlavus, Psalipoprocne fuliginosa, 

 Ploceus melanogaster). \Cf. Shelley, P.Z.S., 1887, pp. 122-6, pis. xiii. 

 and xiv.] 



Broadbent (Kendal). 

 See Gerrard, E. 



A well-known Australian collector, who has also visited New Guinea. 

 [Cf. Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., xiii., pp. 486-505.] 



He was the discoverer of Sphenura broadbenti, one of the most 

 interesting of recent discoveries in Australia. Of this the Museum has 

 only recently acquired a specimen presented by Mr. Piobert Hall. 



