364 MR. F. LENEY ON' ADDITIONS TO THE NORWICH CASTLE-MUSEUM. 
XIV. 
SOME ADDITIONS TO 
THE NORWICH CASTLE-MUSEUM IN 1901. 
By Frank Leney, 
Assistant-Curator of Norwich Museum. 
Read 25th February, 1902. 
Although during the year 1901 the additions to the Natural 
History collections were numerous, and in some cases valuable, 
there are not many calling for special mention. The following list 
will, however, show that the interest of collectors in our beautiful 
Museum has been well maintained. 
No additions have been made to the Mammalia, but the collection 
of Reptiles has been enriched by Mr. W. J. 0. Holmes, who presented 
a fine specimen of a Mississippi Alligator (Alligator mississipiensis), 
obtained off the coast of Florida. 
Mr. J. TI. Gurney has kindly supplied the following notes on the 
Birds of Prey added to the collection : — “An adult example of the 
Buzzard of the Galapagos Islands, collected on Abingdon, one of 
the islands of that group, by Mr. C. M. Harris, and marked by him : — 
Buteo galapagensis (Gould), August 13th, 1897, ? eyes straw- 
yellow, legs and feet light yellow — is a fine contrast to the immature 
skin obtained by the Museum in 1894, in which the prevailing 
tone is rufous. Probably it passes through the same changes as its 
smaller northern ally, B. swainsoni, from which it is, however, very 
distinct. This is the only Diurnal Raptorial calling for remark, 
but a few slight alterations have been made in the Owl Gallery, 
where there are still gaps to be filled. 
“ Of the various races of the Short-eared Owl there can be little 
doubt that one at least, Braehyotus ( Asio ) galapagensis, Gould, is 
worthy of separation for its very dark colouration, and accordingly, 
an adult male collected on Hood Island, one of the Galapagos group, 
