384 Zoology. 



Hewett (W.). 



236 eggs of Guillemots from the Bempton cliffs. Purchased. [1901. 

 10. 27, 2-151 ; 1902. 11. 5, 1-86.] 



This series, selected from many hundreds of eggs obtained by Mr. 

 Hewett, is exhibited in the Great Hall of the Natural History Museum 

 as an example of the variation in the colour to be found in the eggs laid 

 by one single species. 



Hiekman (J.). 



26 birds from Fanti, West Africa. Presented. [91. 2. 11, 1-26.] 

 Some rare birds were contained in this collection, among them four 



specimens of Pxoptera lugubris. 



Higgins (T.). 



A specimen of Andersson's Pern (Machserhamphus anderssoni) from 

 Damara Land. Purchased. [62. 2. 23, 1.] 



23 birds from Damara Land. Purchased. [66. 12. 24, 1-23.] 



These were from some of the last collections sent home by Andersson. 



25 specimens from N.E. Australia and Upper Amazonia. Purchased. 

 [67.2.25, 1-6; 67.10. 1, 1-19.] 



Ten of these birds from Cape York and Champion Bay were collected 

 by Cockerell ; the other nine were collected by Hauxwell. 



14 birds from Zanzibar, and other localities. Purchased. [68. 1. 29, 

 1-9 ; 68. 2. 21, 2-6.] 



21 birds from N.E. Australia. Purchased. [69. 8. 17, 1-21.] 

 Three species, Cyclopsittacus cox'eni, Ptilotis cockerelli, and Myzomela 

 pectoraUs were new to the collection. They were from one of the series 

 obtained in Cape York and Queensland by Cockerell and Thorpe. 



15 birds from Celebes. Purchased. [72. 5. 27, 1-15.] 



These were some of the duplicates from Dr. A. B. Mej'er's expedition 

 to the Moluccas. 



9 birds from Fanti, W. Africa, collected by Mr. G. Lyall. Purchased. 

 [75. 5. 21, 1-9.] 



3 species new to the Collection, Pxoptera lugubris, Myioceyx ruficeps, 

 and Dendropicus lugubris. 



175 birds from Borneo and the Philippine Islands, collected by Alfred 

 Everett. Purchased. [75. 8. 16, 1-57 ; 76. 7. 28, 1-96 ; 78. 1. 4, 1-5 ; 

 78. 5. 20, 80-96.] 



These were Everett's early Bornean collections, made chiefly in 

 Sarawak, together with a few specimens from the Philippines. They 

 contained the types of Micropus immaculatus, Prionochilus everetti, 

 and Phyllornis viridinucha. His Bornean collections were described by 

 me in the « Ibis ' for 1876, 1877, 1893, and in the P.Z.S. for 1879. 



469 birds, nests, and eg°;s, from Labuan and Lumbidan, N.W. Borneo. 

 Purchased. [76. 5. 2, 1-151 ; 80. 9. 14, 1-318.] 



Collected by Sir Hugh Low, and forming the material for my paper 

 in the " Proceedings " of the Zoological Society for 1875 (pp. 99-111), 

 1879 (pp. 317-354, pi. xxx.). 



12 birds from the collection made by the late Dr. James in British 

 New Guinea. Purchased. [77. 4. 6, 1-12.] 



Dr. James was killed by the natives of Yule Island shortly after 

 his arrival in British New Guinea. His collection was described by me 

 in the ' Journal ' of the Linnean Society (Zool., vol. xiii., pp. 305-321, 

 1878). He discovered the following new species : Phonygama jamesi 



