Birds. 137 



Olph-Galliard (M. Victor Aimk L£on). 



5 birds from 8. Prance. Presented. [76. 7. 27, 1-.".] 

 I met M. Olph-Galliard in Paris, and arranged an i 

 for French birds with him. Hi- died Boon after, l lefore be bad <>i 



i ties beyond a few Lone-tailed Tits. lb' was a very boui 

 legist, and wrote one of the few existing books mi the Brent b 



tributions h, la Faune Ornithologiqne de L'Euro] atale" 



(Bayonne, 8vo, L884-1892). He was also the describe! of M 

 irt {RuticUla moussieri) in 1846, and wrote in L891 a w Os 

 1 liseaux des environs do Lyon" (cf. [bis, L893, p. 478). 



Osmaston (B. B.). 



56 bird-nests and eggs from Darjeeling. Presented. [1904. L2. 7, 



1-85.] 



Otago Museum, New Zealand. 



42 birds from Antipodes Island, the Chatham and Aucklai 

 Kermadec Islands, and Snares Islands. Received in ■ 97. L2, 6, 



t-42.] 



Owston (Alan). 



A specimen of Oceanodroma tristrami. Purchased. [1900.2.6, 1.) 



Packman (J. C. D.). 



L39 birds from Ten a Bserim. Presented. [44.3.26,1 139.] 



This was probably the first collection of Tenasserim birds ever i . 



but it was so badly preserved that most of the specimens have 

 or have been given away, since the acquisition of Mr. Hume 1 



series of birds from this part of the British Empire. 



Page (Capt. Juan). 



178 birds from the Pilcomayo River. Presented. [95. 9. B, L-17 

 An expedition for the exploration of the Gran Chaco and the P 



mayo River was started in 1890 under the leadership of Cant Pag 



Argentine Navy, who died at Fortin Page. Dr. Graham l\«rr v. . 



naturalist to the expedition, which suffered great hardships and t':. 



lection of birds was only saved with much difficulty. He has writ: 

 sting paper on the " Avifauna of the Lower PUcomayo" in 



for L892(pp. L20-152, pL iiL). Two oew species of w 



/.'///and Picwnntu pilcomayensi*, were described by Mr. Bda 



(Ibis, L891, pp. 606, »i< ni). 



Palmer (A. J. v.). 



84 specimens from Bushire. Presented. '~ ,; . 7. L, I 

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This interesting collection was described by me b IBH6 



(PP. '• 



Paris. Musee d'Histoire Naturelle. 



8 birds from the Comoro Islands. Pn anted. M '•• 8, I 

 The duplicates from the collection made by M. Hum 

 •ttd to the British Museum by Prof. Alph 

 by whom, and his successor Pro£ Oustalet, tl • 

 always been exhibited for the British M • Pour f\ 



