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since been found to be identical with Estrilda ccqnstrata, and should be 

 called Pytelia capistrata (Hartl.) (cf. Sharpe, Cat. B., xiii., p. 390, note). 



18 birds from Cape Palmas, Queensland, etc. Presented. [77. 12. 6, 

 1-18.] 



138 birds and nests from Java, collected by Dr. H. 0. Forbes. 

 Presented. [78. 10. 21, 1-121 ; 82. 9. 26, 1-17.] Includes the type of 

 Zosterops buxtoni ( = Z. aureiventer ; cf. Cat. B., ix., p. 163). 



Dr. Forbes' Javan collection was described by Mr. Nicholson in the 

 " Ibis" for 1879 (pp. 164-171, 1882, pp. 66-71.) 



11 birds from Sumatra, collected by Dr. H. 0. Forbes. Presented. 

 [83. 2. 19, 1-11.] (cf. Nicholson, Ibis, 1882, pp. 51-65). Eemixus 

 sumatranus and Zosterops chlorates were new to the collection. 



Nisbett (Capt. W. G.). 



15 specimens of Silver Pheasants from the Kachin Hills in Upper 

 Burma. Presented. [1902. 11. 9, 1-15.] 



Included the type of Gennxus nisbetti, Oates, Ibis, 1903, p. 99. 



Nix (Charles). 



41 birds from China. Presented. [1904. 12. 1, 1-44.] 



Nixon (Miss). 



23 birds from California. Presented. [1905. 8. 11, 1-23.] 



Noble (Heatley). 



6 specimens cf the rare Duck, Elasmonetta chlorotis, from New 

 Zealand. Presented. [99. 10. 17, 1-6.] 



2 specimens of White's Thrush (OreocicMa varia) with nest. Presented. 

 [1900. 5. 7, 1-2.] 



These are the specimens exhibited in the nesting series, Group No. 26. 



25 embryos of birds in spirit. Presented. [1900. 8. 10, 8-32.] 



4 specimens of the Steamer-Duck (Tacliyeres cinereus), from the 

 Falkland Islands. Presented. [1900. 11. 30, 1-4.] 



7 birds from Southern Spain. Presented. [1901. 7. 17, 1-7.] 



Nordvi. 



Many specimens of eggs collected by Nordvi are in the Seebohm 

 collection. His name frequently occurs in Pleske's " Kola Halb-Insel." 



Norman (G. C). 



6 eggs of British birds, from Bristol. Presented. [86. 6. 15, 1-6.] 

 Mr.^Norman was for some years a volunteer assistant in the Bird 

 Room, and was a great help in registering and incorporating our acces- 

 sions. He wrote a paper "On the Geographical Distribution of the 

 Crested Cuckoos (Coccystes)," in the 'Ibis' for 1888, pp. 396-409, and 

 described a new species, C. caroli. 



North (A. J.). 



98 eggs from Australia. Presented. [1905. 5. 21, 1-98.] 

 Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, of English parents, Alfred 

 John North exhibited in his earliest years an inborn taste for ornithology. 

 During his school-days, the nucleus was formed of his large private 

 collection. Visits were made to the National Museum, Melbourne, where 

 he occasionally met the Director, the late Sir Frederick McCoy, but more 

 frequently (owing to Sir Frederick's professorial and other duties) the 

 late Mr. William Kershaw, and the late Mr. John Leadbeater, who 



