Birds. 1J7 



personal friend of Dr. Kriiper, with whom he made Beveral e 

 He sent many interesting birds to the Museum. 



Merriam (Dr. C. Hart). 



9 birds from Locust Grove, New York. Presented. [84.1 

 ])r. Bart Merriam is now the chief of the Division of Biologic J B irvej 

 in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and under his administration 

 admirable work has been done, as may be Been in the M North Ami 

 Fauna," which is published under his direction. On assumio 

 appointment in the U.S. Agricultural Department he gave "I' : 

 study of ornithology, in order to devote his whole time to the duties of nil 

 important position. His collection of birds, mostly from L 

 the Adirondack Mountains, and other districts of the Stated New York, 

 passed into the hands of his friend, Mr. 11. \V. Benshaw, and form 

 important part of the great Benshaw collection presented to the '1 1 

 by Dr. P. D. Godman. 



Meves (W.). 



131 hi rds from Sweden. Purchased. [74.1.1,1-99; 71. 1.25, 1 

 Meves was one of the best taxidermists of his age, and certainly i 

 tst collectors. He was a great friend of Sundevull and 

 the latter of whom named a Glossy Starling Lamprotornit mevesi* from 

 Damara Land. One of my first thoughts on being appointed I 

 Museum was to get together a good collection of Swedish birds, 

 the typical species described by Linnaeus. 1 therefore applied to my old 

 correspondent, Meves, from whom I had had much help when compiling 

 the "Birds of Europe," and he sent over a nice series of the com 

 <>1 Sweden, in various stages of plumage. 



Meyer (Dr. A. B.). 

 See Gerrard. 

 The Museum was able to acquire a few duplicate I from 



Dr. Meyer's celebrated expedition to New Guinea and the Moluocas. A 



few more were received with the Gould collection. 



Miles (Colonel). 



66 birds from Muscat. Presented. [86. 11. 5, 1-52 ; 86. II. 7, 

 This collection created a great deal of interest amongsi orni! 

 on its arrival at the British Museum, coming as it did from a localii 

 the borderland between the Indian and Pahearctic regi 

 interesting fact is emphasized by the occurrence of a new Eagle 

 Bubo /ui/tsi, allied to the African forms of Bubo, and aB 

 musoatensis, which finds its nearest ally in M. viridit of fad 

 M. cyanophrys of Aden. The collection was described by me in the 

 ' Ibis' for 1888 (pp. 162-168, pL vi.). 



Milne (Professor). 



v -1 ANSON, B. W. 



When Btudying volcanic action in Japan, Pr '■ isoi M 



Some C Sections of animals which were < 

 and we obtained some interesting birds. 



* The English name for this bird must be M 

 Starling, as given in the M Fauna of B. Africa," Birds, L, I 



