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MR. T. SOUTHWELL ON ADDITIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 
which he is the describer. They are from Turkestan, and were 
collected by the deceased naturalist Severtzoff. Menzbier figures 
this bird in his ‘ Ornithology of Turkestan,’ plate 3 ; but it is very 
doubtful whether it is worthy of specific distinction. To the 
liberality of Mr. Seebohm we are indebted for an addition to the 
collection of Owls in the form of a specimen of Scops elegans 
(Cassin) (S. semitorques of Mr. Seebohm), from Loo-Choo Islands, 
lying to the south of Japan, which is a very important and 
welcome gift. Mr. Gurney has also presented a second specimen of 
Ninox dimorpha from New Cfuinea; and Mr. R. IT. J. Gurney 
a specimen of Pholeoptynx lujpogcea , also from Florida. Amongst 
the additions to the general collection may be mentioned a Wood 
Lark, given by Sir Edward Newton, which was killed at Lowestoft 
on December 20th, 1890; and six nestlings of Reeve’s Pheasant 
hatched in confinement at Herringfleet in June and July, 1891, 
and presented by Colonel Butler. 
We are indebted to Mr. A. Patterson for a Long Rough Dab 
( Hippoglossoides limandoides ), taken at Yarmouth in April, 1891 ; 
and to Mr. E. Corder for a FatherJasher ( Cottus bubalis) ; and 
specimens of Cottus scorpius, and variety grcenlaudicus , all 
collected at Yarmouth by Mr. Patterson. 
Mr. Albert J. Fison has contributed to the Entomological 
collection 277 specimens, including 120 species of European 
Lepidoptera, collected by him in the Rhone Valley, Switzerland. 
Several other valuable contributions have been made both of 
Lepidoptera and Coleoptera from various parts of the world. 
Of Shells new to the Museum we have received six specimens of 
Pisidium roseum, taken at Cossey by Mr. A. Mayfield ; and six 
of Vertigo pusilla from Telegraph Lane, Norwich, by Mr. A. A. 
Moore ; we are also indebted to Mr. Clement Reid for two 
examples of Helix obvoluta, found by him in Winden Wood, 
Sussex, a new locality for this species. 
Mr. James Reeve has contributed to the Geological collection 
a tooth of a new species of Otter ( Lidra Peeiiei), a small cheek 
tooth of a Rodent (genus at present undetermined), and otoliths 
of Gadus morrhua and G. pollachius, figured in ‘ Memoirs of 
the Geological Survey,’ Newton, 1891, plates i., v., and x. 
Drs. Plowright and II. C. Brown have presented to the Museum 
