402 Zoology. 



Two species of Woodpeckers (Gecinus awokera and lyngipkus kisuki} 

 were new to the collection. 



6 birds from Queensland, collected by Mr. Horace Flower. Purchased. 

 [81. 3. 5, 1-6.] 



40 birds from Japan, collected by Professor Milne. Purchased. [83. 

 3. 29, 1-40.] 



27 specimens from the Tenimber Islands, Bum, and Amboina, collected 

 by Dr. H. 0. Forbes. Purchased. [84. 5. 14, 1-27.] 



These were a few additional specimens from the Timor-laut expedition, 

 with the type of Myzomela wakoloensis, and examples of Aprosmictus 

 buruensis and Bhipidura levizi, new to the collection. 



11 specimens of British birds from the sale of the Vingoe collection. 

 Purchased. [89. 5. 27, 1-11.] 



Among these was the specimen of the Iceland Gull (Larus islandicus), 

 shot in Mount's Bay in April 1873. 



Janson (Oliver E.). 



41 birds from Luzon, Philippine Islands, collected by Mr. John White- 

 head. Purchased. [96. 1. 17, 1-15 ; 96. 1. 18, 1-26.] 



24 species new to the collection.'' 



76 birds from Samar, Negros, Mindoro, Leyte, and North Luzon, also 

 collected by Mr. John Whitehead. [98. 1. 11, 1-76.] 



The Museum purchased the second set of Mr. Whitehead's collection 

 from his Philippine expedition. 



104 birds in spirits and 34 eggs from Costa Rica, collected by Mr. C. 

 F. Underwood. Purchased. [99. 11. 30, 1-34; 1900. 6. 21, 1-104.] 



Mr. Underwood is a well-known collector in Costa Rica, and has 

 described some of his experiences in a paper published in the " Ibis " for 

 1896, pp. 431-451. 



5 birds from Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island. Purchased. [1900. 

 3. 23, 1-5.] 



104 birds in spirits from Costa Rica, collected by Mr. C. F. Underwood. 

 [1900. 6. 21, 1-104.] 



122 eggs from Costa Rica, collected by Mr. C. F. Underwood. [1904. 

 7. 15, 1-122.] 



47 nests and eggs from Costa Rica, collected by Mr. C. F. Underwood. 

 Purchased. [1905. 9. 6, 1-47.] 



Mr. E. W. Janson was a very well-known entomologist, and com- 

 menced business with his son Oliver in Bloomsbury in 1867 as a natural 

 history agent, bookseller and publisher. He was of Dutch extraction, 

 was born March 14, 1822, and educated at the college of La Fleche in 

 France, and afterwards in Edinburgh. 



The agency is continued by Mr. Oliver Janson since his father's 

 death on Sept. 14, 1891. The son is also a good entomologist. The 

 library formed by Mr. E. W. Janson passed into the possession of Mr. 

 Van de Poll of Amsterdam, and his collection of Elateridx was purchased 

 by the British Museum. 



Jardine (Sir William), Bart. 



5 birds from Tobago. Presented. [45. 4. 17, 1-5.] 



These were a few birds from the Tobago collection sent by Mr. Kirk 



to Sir W. Jardine, and described in the "Contributions to Ornithology " 



for 1852 (pp. 63-68). 



See " Diet. Nat, Biogr.," xxix., pp. 251-252. 



