512 Zoology. 



Winton. 



See De Winton. 



Witherby (H. F.). 



37 birds from the White Nile, including the type of Cisticola aridula, 

 Witherby, and Anthoscopus punctifrons, new to the collection. Presented. 

 [1901. 3. 27, 1-36 ; 1901. 12. 12, 1.] 



Mr. Witherby has written several essays on the birds he has studied 

 in different lands. His travels have been extensive, and their scope is 

 best illustrated by the titles of the Memoirs he has published: — "Forest 

 birds" (8vo, 1894); "Birds of S.W. Spain" (Knowledge, 1899); "On 

 the Birds observed in the Kola Peninsula " (Ibis, 1900, pp. 475-492) ; 

 "An Ornithological Expedition to the White Nile" (Ibis, 1901, pp. 

 237-278); "Bird-hunting on the White Nile" (8vo, 1902); "An 

 Ornithological Journey in Fars, S.W. Persia " (Ibis, 1903, pp. 501-571). 



Withington (Dr. ¥.). 



See Sclater, Dr. P. L. 



Wolley (John). 



This prince of field naturalists laid the foundation of all that splendid 

 method of collecting specimens of natural history, especially birds' eggs, 

 which has been the distinguishing feature of the work done by British 

 Ornithologists since his day. A certain number of specimens obtained by 

 him in Scandinavia and Lapland are in the British Museum, but his 

 collection of eggs was bequeathed to his friend Professor Newton, who 

 has published a most interesting and important record of the collection in 

 " Ootheca Wolleyana" vols, i., ii. 



Wood (Lieut.). 



See Kellett and Wood. 



Woodford (Charles M.). 



35 birds from the Solomon Islands. Purchased. [87. 1. 17, 1-35.] 



6 species new to the collection, and the type of a new Crow, Macro- 

 corax ivoodfordi. 



57 birds from the island of Guadalcanar, Solomon Archipelago. Pur- 

 chased. [88. 2. 7, 1-57.] 



Many new species described (cf. Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1888, pp. 182-185 ; 

 Grant, P.Z.S., 1887) : Astur shebse, Sharpe (= A. pulchellus, Ramsay ; cf. 

 Rothschild and Hartert, Nov. Zool, xii., p. 251, 1905); A. woodfordi, 

 Sharpe [= A. albigularis, { Gvdiy : wd.,Nov. Zool., viii., p. 379 (1901)]; A. 

 holomelas, Sharpe [= A. aJbiguJaris, var. melanot. iid., Nov. Zool., viii. r 

 p. 380 (1901)] ; Ninox granti, Sharpe; Nasiterna aolx, Grant ; Graucalus 

 holopolius, Sharpe ; Edoliisoma erythropygiale, Sharpe ; Pomarea erythro- 

 stida, Sharpe; Myzomela sharpei, Grant [ = ilf. dubia, Ramsay]; Phlo- 

 gotnas solomonensis, Nycticorax mandibular is, Grant ; Ardeiralla wood- 

 fordi, Sharpe. 



68 specimens from Guadalcanar, New Georgia, Rubiana, and Alu. 

 Presented. [88. 3. 9, 1-68.] 



\Cf. Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1888, pp. 182-185; Grant, P.Z.S., 1887, pp. 

 328-333, pi. xxvii.; 1888, pp. 185-204, pi. x. ; Woodford, " A Naturalist 

 amono- the Head-Hunters of the Solomon Islands " (8vo, 1890).] 



Cf. ' Who's Who,' 1905, p. 1768. 



