nirds. I.V.' 



\\ nests and eggs and .skeletons of birds, from El 

 !l. Gulliver. Presented. [76. 3. L5, 1 22.1 



The collections made by the Rev. EL II. SI. iter and M . II. Q .liver 

 daring the Transit ol Venus Expedition were by me in L879 



[Phil. Trans., clxviii. (extra volume), pp. LO] L62, pis. \ i viii.]. 



22 specimens of birds and L14 eggs from Cerguei 

 by the Rev. A. E. Eaton. [76.4. 26, I 22; 76. 6. L9, 1 111.] 



These specimens were collected by Mr. Eaton during I 

 Venus Expedition. Be discovered a new specie- of Dock, whi I 

 alter him Querquedula eatoni, Bince separat 

 Dqfilula, by the late Dr. Elliol Coues. Owing to various circumsl 



Uection made on the Tran.-it of Vmus Exped Mnall 



one, and by no means to be compared with that made by Dr. B 

 the American expedition (cf. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus^ no. 2, pp. I 

 D >. ."., pp, L-20, L876). Mr. Eaton's notes were, however, exosft at, 

 the work of a first-class field-naturalist. The Challenger 



lelen but a short time before, and he believed that a complete 

 birds of the island had been obtained, and th< i I only 



i few specimens. By unearthing the collections of birds made by tl 

 Antarctic Expedition from the boxes of skins in the Britii M 

 concerning which nothing had been published, I n compile a 



tolerably complete memoir on the birds of these Antar 

 Phil. Trans., clxviii. (extra volume), pp. 101 L62, | L879J 



30 specimens of birds from the Island of F< onha, coll 



by Mr. H. N. Ridley. Presented. [88. 0. I, l-.".0.] 



Two new species were obtained by Mr. Ridley, viz. Elainea /•/<//< 

 Sharpe (P. Z. S., 1888, p. 107), and Ptreo graeUu t Sh 



Linn. Soc. ZooL, 'JO, p. 17s, L890. For Mr. Ridley's own account 

 expedition, see Journ. Linn. Soc, Botany, vol xxviL, and ** Zool 

 p. ii 19. 



81 specimens from the Island of Dominica, WX, collected !■•■ M . 

 «.. A. Ramage. Presented. [88.9.21, 1 LI; 8a 1". l, l L5; 39.6. LO, 

 i 58.1 For a description of these collections, net Sclater, P. '/.. S., L889, 

 pp. 326, 327. 



50 specimens from Santa Lucia, collected by Mr, G. A. 

 ted. [89. 8. 5, 1-50] (cf. Sclafa r, P.Z.8., L889, pp. 



•J7 specimens from Antigua, collected by Mr. G 

 ttted. [93. 7. 9, 1 -27] (cf. Bclater, P.Z.S., L892, pp. 



62 skeletons of birds from Madagascar, collected Dr. 1 



M . [97. 5. 10, 1-62.] 



Royal Society and British Association. 



266 specimens of birds from the Ba* 

 [95. 7. 20, l 17:.; 97. L0. 28, L-81.] , , 



Tins important collection was made by Mr. 

 a most interesting account of the birds of the 11 

 ., pp. 101-1 LJ, and "Fauna Bawaien , 

 [n addition to the type-specimen of the new 



Following additions were made to I 

 Museum i—Heterorhynchus foiwi/*-/*-, //• 

 Hemignathtu obscurus, II. procerus, < 



iammea, Hi latione maculalu, Ii. 



art, Pseud si ■ ' 



hlcridoides, V. 



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