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A companion of Mr. Alfred Everett during his travels in the Molucca 

 Islands. After Everett's death, Dumas visited several islands in the 

 Moluccas, and procured Borne interesting species. Oeocichla dv 



Rothschild, from Bum (Bull. B.O.O. viii., p. x.\x.), and other Dew 

 were discovered by him (cf. Nov. Zool. vii., pp. 226 242 I. 



Dunn (Surgeon-Captain H. N.). 



234 specimens of birds and eggs from the neighbourhood of Khartum 



and the White Nile districts. Presented. [15)00. 8. 29, 1 82; L902 



L2. 17, 1-59 ; 1903. 2. 4, 1-48; 1903. 2. 7, 1-46.] 



6 birds from Somali Land. Presented. [1904. G. 14, 1-6.] 



These collections contain many interesting species, and Bhould be 



carefully examined by anyone writing on the ornithology of I 



Sudan. 



Dunstall (G. K.). 



3 birds from British Guiana. Purchased. [1904. 10. 30, 1-3.] 



11 Birds of Paradise from New Guinea. Purchased. [96.3. 16,1-11.] 



10 specimens from New South Wales and New Zealand. Purchased. 



[96. 5. 1, 1-10.] 



Durnford (Henry). 



9 eggs of birds, collected by the late H. Miiller, from the Fame tales ; 

 and 3 from Walney Island. Presented. [75. 1. 5, L-12.] 



354 specimens from Argentina and the Chuput Valley in Patagonia. 

 Purchased. [1885. 11. 20, 1-354.] 



This fine young naturalist, whose career was cut short by an early 

 death (cf. Ibis, 1878, p. 493), was a nephew of the late Dr. Durnford, 

 Bishop of Chichester. He collected in the Faroes and also in the Frisian 

 Islands (Ibis, 1874, pp. 391-400). He afterwards settled in South 

 America, and his papers on the birds of Buenos Aires were published in 

 the • Ibis ' for 1876 (pp. 157-166) and 1877 (pp. 166-203). In the latter 

 volume also appeared his account of his expedition to the Chuput Valley 

 (Ibis, 1877, pp. 27-46), with a further paper (Ibis, 1878, pp. 

 406). Porzana spiloptera was described by him and figured in the • Ibis ' 

 for 1877 (pi. iii.), and I have named an Oyster-catcher (ffsematopua 

 ihmifordi) after him (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv., p. 117, pi. vi.). The 

 account of his last expedition, to Tucuman and Salta, was published in 

 the « Ibis ' for 1880, pp. 351-364. pis. ix. and x. The collection acquired 

 after his death contains all the specimens obtained by Durnford in South 

 America. 



Dyer (Sir Tiiiselton), Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 



(q.v.). 



A young White Stork (Ciconia alba). Presented. [1904. 5. 31, 1. 

 Hybrid Goose (ChenaJonex xgijptiaca x ft magellanica). [1904. 

 10.28,1.] 



A Semipalmated Goose (Anseranas semipalmata). Presented. ri904, 



12. s, 1.] 



A specimen of the White Stork (Cu-unia alba). Presented. [1905, 

 5. 27, 1.] 



Dyson (David). 



So also Cuming, Bugh. 

 38 birds from Honduras. Purchased. [45.11.2,1 38.] 

 i-< birds from Venezuela. Purchased. [46. LI. 27, 1-18; ■'. .. 



1-25; 47. 3. 22, 1-35; 17. 5. I, L-32; 47. 10. is, 15-31.] 



