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on the head. The inference was that the Siberian Starling, extending its 

 range westward, inter-bred with the ordinary 8. vulgaris of Western 

 Europe, and that the result was a mixture, just as iu the case of the 

 Carrion Crow {Cor one corone) and the Hooded Crow (C. comix). 



24 birds from Hungary. Presented. [93. 3. 7, 1-24.] 



Specimens shot by me during the excursions to the Neusiedler Lake 

 after the 2nd International Ornithological Congress in 1891. 



13 birds from Elopura in N.E. Borneo, collected by Mr. Harry Pryer. 

 Presented. [93. 11. 26, 1-13.] 



18 specimens from Equatorial Africa, collected by Emin Pasha, and on 

 the Lower Congo by L. Petit. Presented. [93. 12. 2, 1-18.] 



6 birds from Wells, Norfolk. Presented. [93. 12. 5, 1-6.] 



8 birds from British Guiana, collected by H. Whitely. Presented. 

 [93. 12. 9, 4-11.] 



16 birds and 111 eggs from the neighbourhood of Christiansund and 

 the Smolen Islands. Presented. [98. 6. 21, 1-64 ; 99. 8. 9, 1-63.] 



6 birds and 53 eggs from the Sundal Valley, N. Norway. Presented. 

 [99. 8. 15, 1-20; 1900. 8. 27, 1-33 ; 1901. 1. 30, 1-6.] 



46 specimens of Chaffinches from Brighton. Presented. T1900. 2. 9, 

 1-46.] 



By the rule of the Civil Service, which very properly prohibits the 

 keeping of private collections of any group to the custody of which an 

 officer is appointed, my series of African Passeres was transferred to the 

 British Museum, as follows : — 



474 specimens of Nectariniidx, Sturnidm, Caprimulgidx, Cypselidse, 

 Hirundinidx, Coraciidse, Upupidx, Meropidx ; including 17 species new 

 to the collection, with types of Anthreptes aurantia, Verr., Pholidornis 

 rubrifrons, Sharpe and Ussher, Macrodipteryx sperlingi, Sbarpe [= Cosmet- 

 ornis vexillarius, $ ] Lamprocolius decoratus, ~E.&rt\.,Lamprocoliusporphyr- 

 urus, Chsetura ussheri, Sharpe, Tachornis gracilis (Sharpe), Hirundo 

 domicella, Finsch and Hartl., Caprimulgus cinnamomeus, Sharpe, Hapo- 

 loderma constantia, Sharpe and Ussher, Irrisor castaneiceps, Sharpe. 

 Purchased through Mr. E. Gerrard. [74. 5. 1, 1-474.] 



129 specimens of Alcedinidx, Promeropidse, including 3 species new to 

 the collection, with the type of Promerops gurneyi, Verr. Purchased 

 through Mr. E. Gerrard, [74. 5. 16, 1-129.] 



591 specimens of Campophagidse, Muscicapidx, Laniidx, Prionopidx, 

 Oriolidge, Dicruridx, Picidx, with 18 species new to the collection, and 

 the types of Pseudobias wardi, Sharpe, Artomyias ussheri, Sharpe, 

 Laniarius melanothorax, Sharpe, Lanicterus quiscalimus, Finsch ; Cam- 

 pophaga major, Sharpe. C. anderssoni, Sharpe, Stizorhina finschi, Sharpe, 

 Artomyias usshei'i, Sharpe ; Campothera striata, Layard. [75. 4. 9, 1-591.] 



750 specimens of Sylviidse, Turdidx, Zosteropidx, Timeliidx, Pycno- 

 notidx, Paridx, Alaudidx, Motacillidse, with 57 species new to the col- 

 lection, and types of the following, described by B. B. S., viz. : — Drymceca 

 swanzii, D. brachyptera, Bseocerca flaviventris, JEgithalus caroli, Cra- 

 teropus haynesi, Alethe castanonota, Geocichla crossleyi, Pycnonotus 

 gabonensis, llladopsis gularis, Criniger verreauxi. [76. 5. 23, 1-750.] 



600 specimens of Turdidx, Coliidse, Motacillidx, Ploceidx, Frin- 

 gillidse, with 20 species new to the collection, and types of many new 

 forms, viz.: — Urobrachya bocagei, Poliopiza crocopygia, Crithagra leu- 

 coptera, Nigrita emilix, N. uropygialis, Pytelia hypoyrammica. Purchased 

 through Mr. E.. Gerrard. [77. 7. 11, 1-600.] _ 



364 specimens, principally Nectariniidx, including 10 species new to 

 the collection, with the type of Nectariniafantensis, Sharpe [Anthothrcptes 

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