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of interesting specimens obtained from other collectors, such as those from 

 Palestine {Canon Tristram), Turkey ( V. Robson\ Asia M 

 Danford), China (Consul 8winhoe) t Natal (T. Ai/ns), and many otl 



To the ornithologist, however, there will always OCCUT the int 

 surrounding the British specimens which were acquired by the donors 

 during their school and college days, Mr. Salvin's being most 

 around Finchley and Eampstead, while Dr. ( Jodman's were chiefly ol I 

 in the neighbourhood of Park Hatch, the family scat near Godalming. 



In this Palaearctic collection were likewise all the specimens obtained by 

 Dr. P. D. Godman and Mr. Percy Godman in the Azores, including the 

 types of Pyrrhida minimi (>•/'. "Ibis,"' 1866, pp. 88, L09; also Dr. 

 Godman's work, " The Azores,' 1 1870), as well as the series of 

 obtained in Madeira and the Canaries, with the types of the new P 

 discovered by Dr. Godman and named by him Coluniba bol 

 paper, "Notes on the Resident and Migratory Birds of Madeira and the 

 Canaries," "Ibis," 1872, pp. 156-177, 209-224). 



3 ycung specimens of the Australian Cassowary (Casuarius australis). 

 Presented. ' [80. 3. 24, 1-3.] 



These formed part of the Cockerell Collection, which was presented in 

 the next year. 



1394 specimens from various parts of Australia. Presented. [81. 11. 7, 

 1-1315 ; 81. 13. 7, 1-38 ; 81. 12. 9, 1-41.] 



This was the celebrated Cockerell Collection. It was BUpposed t.. 

 contain several new species, but these invariably turned out • 

 known forms from the Am Islands, where Mr. Cockerell was said to 

 have been engaged in the pearl-fisheries. Whether this fiasco was due 

 to the representations of the collector himself or to his a_ient in 

 England will never be known, but the result was that the collection, 

 badly labelled in the first place, was purchased by Dr. Godman under the 

 idea that it contained several undescribed species of Australian birds, 

 whereas there was not a single new species to be described. The | 

 vation of the skins was excellent, and to the Museum, posses>cd of i i 

 Australian birds, its worth was inestimable. Most of the specimens w< • 

 undoubtedly from the neighbourhood of Brisbane and from Cape York* 



22 specimens from S.E. New Guinea, collected by -Mr. A. Gfoldie. 

 [83. 4. 4, 1-22.] 



Contained the types of Paradisea decora and Pachycep?icUops%a ft rtis. 



6 specimens of birds from South America. Presented. [83. 1.21,1 6. 



These were Vireonidx presented for the purposes of the eighth volume 

 of the "Catalogue of Birds." Two species, Vireo gundlochi and Hylophilus 

 muscicapinus, were new to the collection. 



3191 eggs. Presented. [84. 9. 2, 1-826; 85. I. 1, 327-2162; 

 85. 4. 20, 2163-3191.] 



This collection is a model one for all oologists. The volumes which 

 accompany the donation contain the records of the various expeditions, 

 donations, and exchanges by which the collection was buill up, and they 

 show the absolutely exact method adopted by the British Bch 

 ornithologists in their early collecting days. This method was inaugurated 

 by John Wblley and Professor Newton, and can best be studied in the 



two volumes of the "Ootheca Wolleyana," written by 

 naturalist. 



The above collection, presented jointly by Dr. V. 1*. G 

 Osbert Salvin, must always remain of great historical interest to B 

 Ornithologists, as it contains the eggs collected by them in their v 

 days, when it was possible to obtain I D 



