Birds. 44a 



Mons. A. Pierre, who was a high Government official in I i I 

 oolony in Cochin China, presented a large collection <>f birdi I 

 Paris Museum. The duplicates be very generously gave to the British 

 Museum, where they have proved of greal service. Anion- then 

 such rare species as Pclypkctrum <]> rnniini, and Porphyri 

 previously unrepresented in the British Museum. 



Pike (A.). 



29 Wrds from Eastern Turkestan. Presented. [98.7.28,1 29. 



Pike (H. J.), and Pike (T. M.) and Popham (II. L.). 



.specimens of Geese, Ducks and Wading Birds from Walcberen, 

 Holland [95. 2. 6, 1-14; 96. 2. 20, L-12; '.'7. 2. 24, 1 21 : l'.'OO. 1. 

 16, 1-5; 1902. 12. 14, 1-4; 1902. 12. 27, 1-! : L908. 1. L5, 1 7.] 



The Museum is exceedingly indebted t<> the above-named gentlemen 

 fbfa tine series of European Ansert-s, of which we previously p 

 mty collection. 



Pinwill (Captain Stackhouse). 



1532 specimens from the N.W. Himalayas, the Indian Penii 

 and Malacca. Presented. [7G. 1. 15, 1-26 ; 76. 2. L2, 1 

 1-64 ; 76. 3. 7, 1-137 ; 76. 10. 20, 1-75 ; 81. 7. .".0, 1-260.1 



The Museum is under a debt of gratitude to ( 'apt. StacknouM Pinwill, 

 who gave a fine collection of Indian birds for the furl 

 "Catalogue of Birds,'' at a time when the series of Bp oimens in the 

 Museum, before the presentation of the great SnmeCol 

 indeed. The first specimen of the rare Bat-hunting Pern (Mac > \ i nphut 

 aJcinus) we owe to Capt. Pinwill, as also the types of Pomatorhin ut pin wiUi, 

 in addition to many other rare species of Indian birds, Mich as A 

 nipalensi?, from the North-West frontier of Nepal, and 1 1 



'• Plumper," H.M.S. 

 See Lyall, Dr. 



Ponta Delgada Museum, Azores (Major Chavbs, D 

 13 birds from the Azores. Presented. [1901 6. 21, 1 -3; I 

 : 1905. 6. 6, 1.] 



Popham (H. Leybourne). 



Sea I'ikk. T. M. 



Pratt (A. i:.i. 



LXACB : OlDVZKLD THOM v- : 8l OHM. 



Mr. Pratt is chiefly known as an entomologist, DUl I 

 many interesting species of birds and their • I 



' are recorded those of rare Thibel va §pe i 

 obtained by Mr. Pratt, and bequeath tees by tl. 



•Mr. 11 - ; ,in. 



Pretyman (Capt. Iv J.). 



A Grrey Phalarope (Or ■ 



L] 

 Of. "Who's Who," L904, p. L238. 



