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Mr. Gurney. It is labelled as obtained in Guiana, South America, 
February 4th, 1890, and may possibly belong to the more northern 
race, U. ridgwayi, Gurney, of which we already possessed one 
specimen. It was doubtless obtained in America by Mr. Whitely’s 
son, an excellent collector, the last years of whose life were devoted 
to the exploration of the wilds of British Guiana. 
By a good exchange the Museum has received from Dr. Meyer 
a specimen of Baza /n*marl'i, Sharpe, a new species, figured in 
Gould’s ‘Birds of New Guinea.’ It was shot in the island of 
New Britain, and some account of it will appear in ‘The Ibis’ 
for duly. 
A still better acquisition is Li'ucojih'rnis s>'mi/>/iiinl» j a, Lawrence, 
from Costa Itioa, Central America, a species never obtained by the 
late Mr. Gurney, and quite as line a specimen as that figured in 
the Exotic Ornithology. 
These three Hawks belong to genera which are not represented 
in England. 
To Mr. T. Digby Pigott, C.B., the thanks of the members are 
due for having obtained for the Museum from the Lords of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury eighty-six birds’ skins, collected during the 
exploring expedition of Il.M.X. Challenger (1873 to 1870) prin- 
cipally from Kerguelen Island, Australia, and the Southern Ocean. 
Some rare birds from Sarawak have also been contributed by 
Mr. Charles Hose. 
It is always gratifying to be able to announce the rescue of 
historic specimens from the dangers and vicissitudes to which they 
are liable in private collections, and to record their arrival in the 
county museum, where they will be accessible to all, and find 
a lasting home. How much more is this the case when the 
specimen chances to be one of a species once the glory of the 
district which it inhabited, but from which the native race has 
long been exterminated, never to return. One such treasure has 
recently come into the possession of the Museum. I allude to a tine 
male example of the Bustard, which the kindness of Mrs. J. H. Lee, 
of Nottingham, has enabled us to acquire. The existence of this 
grand bird had long been known to Mr. Stevenson and myself, and 
we had in vain sought to secure it for the Norwich Museum, 
but without success. In the summer of 1891 1 paid a visit to 
Nottingham chiefly for the purpose of seeking an interview with 
