Birds. 351 



Ferguson (Harold S.). 



22 birds from Travancore. Presented. [1900. 5. 24, L-12; L900. 



10. 6, 1-10.] 



Mr. Ferguson was the Director of the Museum at Trevandrum, and 

 .sent sonic interesting species to the National Collection. 



Ferguson (R.). 



i<> specimens from the Himalayas. Presented. [38. 7. 9, 1-16.] 



Ferryman. 



- t Mochler-Ferrymax. 



Ffinch (B. T.), CLE. 



33 birds from Pao, Persian Gulf. Presented. [1901. 9. 16, 1-33.] 



Field (Leopold). 



See Stevens, H. 

 A well-known oologist, whose collection was dispersed in 1895. A 

 beautiful series of the eggs of Cuculus canorus, with the eggs of the 



foster-parents, was secured by the Museum. 



Finckh (H. E.). 



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2 eggs of the Kagu (JRMnochetus juhatus). Purchased. [1904. <. a, 

 1-2.] 



Finn (Frank). 



8 specimens from Calcutta. Presented. [1902. 10. 18, 1-8.] 



2 specimens. [1903. 7. 2, 2-3.] 



Until recently Mr. Finn was the Assistant Director of the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta, and he has written some interesting papers in the 

 ' Journal ' of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and the ' Proceedings ' of the 

 Zoological Society. 



Finsch (Dr. Otto). 



See Bremen, Geographical Society of ; Schneider, G. 



A few duplicates from Dr. Finsch's ornithological collections have 

 found their way into the British Museum, and the first set of the series 

 from his well-known Siberian expedition was purchased by the Trust 



A record of the life-work of this diligent zoologist is to be found in 

 his " Systematische Uebersicht der Ergebnisse seiner Beiseu und Bchrift- 

 stellerischen Thatigkcit " (ls.V.i-lS'.i'.i), published in Berlin in ls'.i'.i. His 

 voyages to West Siberia (1876), the South Sea Islands (1879 I 

 Guinea (1884-1885), and their results are fully described, and a list of his 

 works and papers (over 400 in number) is given. 



Dr. Finsch was until recently the Curator of the Ornithol 

 Department in the Leyden Museum, where he was employed 

 Assistant in his young days, when he wrote his celebrated monograph of 

 the Parrots under circumstances of great difficulty. Be has done much 

 in recent years to elucidate the treasures of thai great Museum, and 

 many valuable memoirs have appeared in the M Ni :• 9 of the I. 

 Museum." 



Fisher (Theodobe). 



70 British birds collected and mounted by himself. Presented. 

 [88. 5. 20, 1-70.] 



