582 MR. T. SOUTHWELL OX ADDITIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 
During the year 1893 the additions to the collections have been 
both numerous and important, more especially in the departments 
which come within the scope of these notes, which have been 
enriched by the presentation of a large number of British and 
foreign Mammals and Birds, the gift of the Bight lion. Lord 
Hastings, of Melton Constable, among them many specimens of 
local interest and great rarity — as well as some very beautiful and 
valuable additions to the ethnological collection, in the form of 
South Sea implements of state and war, antique arms, and various 
articles of domestic use. 
In the section Mammalia may be mentioned about forty British 
and foreign Mammals from Lord Hastings, all exceedingly well 
mounted and in excellent preservation, amongst which are a large 
case containing a Tiger attacked by an Indian Python, a Himalayan 
Bear, Striped Hyaena, hybrid between a Dog and a Jackal, a young 
Wild Boar, six adult and one young Kangaroos, Porcupine, two 
species of Agoutis, Armadillo, Ac. Mr. W. M. Crowfoot is also 
the donor of a very tine skull of an adult Hippopotamus from the 
Niger district. 
The collection of Birds of prey has, through the munificence of 
Mr. J. H. Gurney, been enriched by a considerable number of 
additions, four of which are new to the Museum ; with regard to 
the most noteworthy of these Mr. Gurney has kindly furnished me 
with the following notes. 
Haliaetus vociferoides, Des Murs, the Sea Eagle of Madagascar, 
an island form very distinct, and a bird of which the late Mr. 
Gurney had long wished to obtain an example, was received through 
Mr. A. Boucard. Although II. vocifer , its nearest ally, is by no 
means a rare bird ; H. vocif voidest is very scarce in European 
collections, three in Paris, two in Leyden, one in Frankfort, and 
the present example, and a head in our own Museum, being, 
I believe, all that are known. 
Microhierax melanoleucus , Blyth, for two examples of this 
valuable little Hawk we are indebted to the generosity of Mr. 
G. B. Kicketts, of Eoochow, China. 
Heliudilus soumagnei, Gr., is a very valuable addition to 
the collection of Owls, it was forwarded from Madagascar by the 
Bev. J. Wills, who for many years has befriended the Norwich 
Museum. This specimen was procured in the forest of Imerina, 
