358 Zoology. 



15 specimens from N.W. Borneo collected by the late Governor H. T. 

 Ussher. Purchased. [78. 5. 3, 1-15.] 



50 specimens from Colombia collected by the late T. K. Salmon. 

 Purchased. [78. 9. 30, 2-51.] 



These consisted of a few species required by the Museum at the time, but 

 the bulk of this excellent collector's specimens passed into the hands of 

 Messrs. Salvin ;;nd Godman, and Dr. Sclater. With the acquisition of these 

 great collections, the British Museum possesses nearly the entire results of 

 Salmon's work in Antioquia. 468 species were obtained by him, and his 

 collections were described in 1879 by Dr. Sclater and Mr. Osbert Salvin in 

 their paper, " On the Birds collected by the late Mr. T. K. Salmon in the 

 State of Antioquia, United States of Colombia " (P.Z.S., 1879, pp. 486- 

 550, pis. xli.-xliii.). The collection was especially rich in eggs, many of 

 which were figured for the first time. Several new species were described : 

 Cyphorhinus dichrous (pi. xli.), Buarremon elasoprorus, Automolus ignobilis, 

 Grallaria rufocinerea, and Brachygalba salmoni. All the types of these 

 species are now in the British Museum. 



4 specimens, two new to the collection, from the Arfak Mountains. 

 Purchased. [78. 10. 23, 1-4.] 



10 specimens from Angola collected by Mr. A. S. Heath. Purchased. 

 [78. 10. 23, 5-14.] (See Sharpe, R. Bowdler.) 



Heath was a clever young man who succeeded to an excellent business 

 as a solicitor, built up by years of labour by his father. He would not 

 stick to the drudgery of a city life, and wanted to go abroad and collect 

 specimens for the Museum, but 22 skins were all that we ever received 

 from him. 



40 birds from the Pelew Islands collected by Mr. Cohen. Purchased. 

 [78. 10. 29, 1-40.] 



I do not know who Mr. Cohen was, but his collection was purchased 

 by Gerrard and offered to the Museum, whereby we obtained a number 

 of interesting species, of which twelve were new to the national collection. 



11 specimens, of which 6 species were new to the national collection, 

 from the Molucca islands. Purchased. [78. 11. 12, 1-11.] 



25 specimens of Passerine birds, including 10 species new to the 

 collection, from India and Burma. Purchased. [79. 2. 4, 1-25.] 



69 specimens, including 16 species new to the collection, Irom the 

 neighbourhood of Port Moresby, in British New Guinea, collected by 

 Mr. Kendal Broadbent. Purchased. [79. 3. 6, 1-69.] 



This collection was described by me in the "Journal" of theLinnean 

 Society (Zool., xiv., pp. 626-634, 1879). I had named, in April 1879, two 

 new species as Pcecilodryas flavicincta and Aprosmidus broadbenti, in the 

 " Annals and Magazine of Natural History," 1879, p. 313. Mr. Broadbent 

 had, however, sent specimens to the Sydney Museum, and Mr. E. P. 

 Ramsay described the same species as Aprosmidus chloropterus and 

 Pcecilodryas place?ts, so that my names were pre-occupicd. 



58 bones of the extinct Goose, Cnemiornis calcitrans. Purchased. 

 [79.3.11,1-58.] 



36 birds, one species new to the collection, from Borneo and the 

 Philippines, collected by Harold Everett. Purchased. [79. 5. 3, 1-36.] 



20 specimens from Burma, Central and South America, containing one 

 species new to the collection. Purchased. [80. 9. 13, 1-20.] 



43 specimens, including types of three newly-described species and 

 nine new to the national collection, from S.E. New Guinea, collected by 

 C. Hunstein (cf. Sharpe, Ann. and Mag. N. H. (5), vi., pp. 231, 232, 1880). 

 Purchased. L«0. 9. 13, 21-63.] 



