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Brooke (Basil). 



See Gerrard, E. ; Siiarpe, R. Bowdler. 

 A 3 r ounger brother of Sir Victor Brooke. Visited with his wife the 

 island of Sardinia on more than one occasion, and discovered there the 

 small Peregrine Falcon which 1 named Fctfco brookei [Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. (4) xi., pp. 20, 222, 1873], and which is now identified with 

 Falco punicus, the Mediterranean Peregrine. An excellent paper on 

 the birds of Sardinia was published by him in the "Ibis" for 187.°> 

 (pp. 143-55, 235-48, 335-49). He died young, during a visit to 

 Mexico, and his collection was dispersed. Some of the most interesting 

 birds were purchased from Mr. Gerrard, and others were bought by 

 myself and presented to the Museum. 



Brooke (H.S. Sir James), Rajah of Sarawak. 



104 specimens from Singapore and Sarawak. Presented. [15. 10. 2, 

 11-15 ; 45. 10. 2, 1-25 ; 50. 10. 24, 1-74.] 



Early collections from the Malay Peninsula and Borneo, presented by 

 the first Rajah of Sarawak. 



Brooke (H.H. Sir Charles J.), Bajah of Sarawak. 



2 specimens of Spilornis, one being the type of S. raja, Sharpe. 

 Presented. [1905. 12. 3, 1-2.] 



Brown (Bev. G.). 



See Gerrard, E. 



Mr. Brown was a missionary who collected in New Britain, Duke 

 of York Island, etc. His collections were described by Dr. Sclater. 

 (P.Z.S., 1877, pp. 96-114, pis. xiv.-xvi.; 1878, pp. 289-90, 670-673, 

 pi. xlii. ; 1879, pp. 446-451, pi. xxxvii. ; 1880, pp. 65-67, pL viii. ; with 

 nineteen new species.) 



The early collections were purchased by the Marquis of Tweeddale, 

 and after the death of the latter, the remainder were acquired by the 

 Museum through Mr. Edward Gerrard. 



Brown (J. A. Harvie). 



See Harvie-Brown. 



Brownlow (Earl). 



A Peacock (Pavo cristatus var. nigripennis), died in confinement. 

 Presented. [1904. 5. 7, 1.] 



Bruijn (J.). 



See Boucard, A. 



Brusina (Professor Spiridion). 



24 birds from Croatia. Presented. [89. 12. 20, 1-12; 91. 6. 5 

 1-12.] 



Prof. Brusina is the historian of the birds of his native country. ll< 

 lias presented specimens of his new Croatian Shag (PhcUaarocorax 

 croaticus) to the Museum. 



Brussels (Royal Museum of Natural History). 

 62 birds from Belgium. Presented. [73 '''. 7, 1-62.] 

 When preparing my first volume of the M Catalogue of Birds," 1 made 



an excursion to various foreign Museums to examine typee oi rare B] 



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