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passage from the Annual Report ; and how great the loss sustained 
by ornithologists at home and abroad by his death, our President 
has endeavoured to express in his address ; but to the loss 
sustained by those who were associated with him, and enjoyed 
the privilege of his friendship, it would be vain to attempt to 
give expression. 
“In the year 1853,” says the report, Mr. Gurney, “in a letter 
dated December 1st, and addressed to the then Secretary, Mr. 
Harper, his object is thus stated : — 
‘“With regard to the Ornithological department, I am en- 
deavouring to make a complete collection of all the Raptorial 
birds, and I trust the Members will agree with me that if this can 
be effected, a complete series of even a single order of birds will 
be a feature in the collection of considerable interest and value. 
I am happy to say that we have already made some good progress 
in this enterprise, and to add that I expect to receive specimens of 
about thirty additional Raptorial species between this time and the 
end of the month.’ 
“ Since this letter was written how immensely the collection has 
been increased is well known to all lovers of the Museum, and it is 
equally well known that it is to Mr. Gurney it is indebted for 
the chief part of this increase. It is not too much to say that 
Mr. Gurney’s contributions amount altogether to the large number 
of nearly four thousand specimens of birds of prey alone.” 
Two Owls, new to the collection, have been received during the 
past year, namely, Bubo pacificus and Scop* kennicotti from British 
Columbia, both obtained by exchange, through the late President ; 
and a second specimen of the latter, also from British Columbia, 
was subsequently obtained and presented by him. 
No new species of Diurnal Raptor has been added to the 
collection, but a second specimen of ASsalon suckleyi has been 
obtained through Mr. A. C. Brooks, from Chilliwack, British 
Columbia; this species was first represented in the Museum 
collection last year, and its acquisition was a matter of considerable 
satisfaction to Mr. Gurney. Colonel Feilden has presented a 
specimen of Tinnunculus caribboanan, and its eggs, from the 
island of St. Lucia, and Hierofalen candieans from Hudson’s Bay ; 
two skins of Bulaca leptotjrammica from Baram, Sarawak, collected 
and presented by Mr. Charles Hose ; and three specimens of 
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