448 Zoology. 



374 Balliformes [Tweeddale collection]. Presented. [89. 11. 3, 

 1-374.] 



188 Lariformes [Tweeddale collection], including the type of Sterna 

 tibetana. Presented. [91. 5. 21, 1-188.] 



723 Charadriiformes [Tweeddale collection]. Presented. [91. 10. 5, 

 1 723.] 



597 Ardeiformes and Anseriformes [Tweeddale collection], containing 

 the type of Phcenicopterus rubidus. Presented. [92. 4. 2, 1-597.] 



26 specimens from Tillicoultry, N.B. Presented. [92. 11. 36, 1-13; 

 92. 12. 10, 1-13.] 



Colonel Wardlaw Ramsay was born on the 25th of January, 1852. 

 Son of R. B. Wardlaw Ramsay, of Whitehill, Midlothian, and Tillicoultry, 

 Clackmannanshire, and Lady Louisa Hay, daughter of George, 8th Marquess 

 of Tweeddale. He was educated at Cheam and Harrow, and entered the 

 army as ensign, by purchase, in the 67th (South Hants) Regiment in 

 January, 1871. 



In 1872 he sailed for India with the regiment, and was transferred to 

 a company going on duty to the Andaman Islands, just after the assassina- 

 tion of Lord Mayo. The birds of these islands were then but little known, 

 and he made a fine collection of them. The arrival of Mr. Davison at the 

 same time, on behalf of Mr. A. 0. Hume, deprived him of the credit of 

 many new species which he discovered, as Davison had all his time at his 

 disposal. Colonel Wardlaw Ramsay records great kindness and assistance 

 from General (afterwards Sir Donald) Stewart, the Chief Commissioner. 

 The results of the expedition were published in the Ibis by Lord 

 Walden. In May, 1873, he joined the headquarters at Rangoon, and in 

 the following August he made a collecting expedition to Malacca. In 

 December half of the regiment moved up to Tonghoo (then a frontier 

 station) by boat, where he obtained leave to go by road for collecting 

 purposes. 



At Tonghoo, from December, 1873, to May, 1876, he was acting as 

 Adjutant, but found time for working the country, and many specimens, 

 previously known from Major Malcolm Lloyd's collections, were sent to 

 Lord Walden. In March, 1875, he accompanied the Political Expedition 

 from Tonghoo to Karennee, under Major Lloyd, who asked him to 

 accompany the expedition and showed him much kindness. Several 

 new species were discovered. 



In May, 1876, he quitted Burmah for Fort St. George, Madras. Some 

 collections were made there and in the Nilghiri Hills. In December, 1879, 

 he went to Afghanistan, and made a small collection in the early part of 

 the war. 



He heard of the death of the Marquess of Tweeddale in December, 

 1879, when at Jhelum, and later on he received the news that his uncle's 

 collections and library had been bequeathed to him. In 1881 he was 

 promoted Captain, and exchanged to the 74th Highlanders. In 1882 he 

 was appointed Adjutant, Midlothian and Peebleshire Rifle Volunteers. 

 He retired in 1883, on the death of his father, to take over the care of the 

 family's estates. Owing to pressure of affairs both public and private, he 

 had no time for ornithological work, and therefore determined that others 

 should have the use of his collections and library, with which intent 

 he presented them to the British Museum. 



Ranfurly (Earl of). 



233 birds from New Zealand and other adjacent islands. Presented. 

 [1901. 10. 21, 1-67 ; 1901. 11. 10, 1 ; 1902. 2. 21, 1-58 ; 1903. 5. 13, 1-4 ; 

 1903. 7. 17, 1-92 ; 1904. 8. 2, 1-11.] 



