378 Zoology. 



15 specimens of Terns and other shore-birds from Norfolk. Presented. 

 [89. 3. 11, 1-15.] 



Dr. Giinther was Keeper of the Zoological Department for twenty 

 years, and took a keen interest in ornithology. During his keepership 

 the groups illustrating the nesting of British birds were commenced and 

 carried out under his direction. Some of them were also presented by him. 

 Dr. Giinther likewise initiated and carried through the " Catalogue of 

 Birds," which was completed in twenty-seven volumes. 



Gurney (John Henry). 



5 specimens of Cathartes aura, etc., from California. Presented. 

 [73. 7. 19, 19-23.] 



44 birds from the Transvaal. Presented. [76. 6. 5, 1-2G ; 78. 6. 18, 

 1-18.] Including a specimen of Geocichla gurney i, which was new to 

 the collection. 



Mr. Gurney was the greatest authority on the Accipitres of his day, 

 and it was through his exertions that the magnificent collection of Birds 

 of Prey was formed at Norwich. He told me that the way in which this 

 collection came to be made was through a curious accident. When it was 

 resolved to give up the museum of the Zoological Society an agent was 

 entrusted with some money to buy a selection of the birds for the Norwich 

 Museum. The sale commenced in scientific sequence with the Accipitres, 

 and the agent bid with diligent persistence until all his money was gone, 

 with the result that he bought only Birds of Prey. With this foun- 

 dation Gurney determined to devote himself to a special study of these 

 birds, and made the collection of Accipitres at Norwich the most famous 

 in the world. He also took particular interest in the ornithology of 

 South Africa, and wrote many papers in the " Ibis " on the birds of 

 Natal and the Transvaal, based on the collections made by Mr. Thomas 

 Ayres (q.v.). A list of Mr. Gurney's papers is given in my edition of 

 Layard's " Birds of South Africa," p. xiii. He also edited the " Birds of 

 Damara-Land," from the MSS. left by C. J. Andersson (q.v.). 



Gurney (John Henry), jun. 



63 birds from Egypt. Presented. [76. 1. 22, 1-18 ; 81. 10. 24, 1-48] 

 (cf. Ibis, 1871, pp. 68-86, 289-301). 



541 specimens from the Transvaal. Presented. [90. 10. 16, 1-445 ; 

 90. 12. 20, 1-96.] 



This was a donation of a portion of the African collection formed by 

 his late father during the latter's life-time. It included many valuable 

 specimens, the series being divided between the British Museum and 

 Canon Tristram, whose share has now passed with the rest of his great 

 collection into the Liverpool Museum. 



Habel (Dr. A.). 



63 birds from the Galapagos Islands. Purchased. [75. 4. 2, 1-63.] _ 

 Dr. Habel was a well-known explorer of the Galapasos, and his 

 collection was described by Messrs. Sclater and Salvin (P.Z.S., 1870, 

 pp. 322-327), when 7 new species were named. The bulk of Dr. Habel's 

 birds, with the types of the new species, was purchased by Dr. Godman ; 

 and the collection formed part of the ground-work of Mr. Salvin's memoir 

 on the " Birds of the Galapagos " (Trans. Z. S., ix., pp. 447-510, pis. 

 lxxxiv.-lxxxix.). 



