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The Collection of Brings in t-N? 
Shanghai Museum. > | I /, 
By J. D. D. La Touche, C.M.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 
I.—General Report. 
The following remarks deal with the progress of the 
Bird Collection in the Shanghai Museum during the period 
May, 1907 to 1st June, 1909. 
When, on my election as member of the Society and of 
its Council for 1907, I volunteered to look after the almost 
defunct collection of mounted birds belonging to this Society 
I found that quite 50°/ o of the remaining specimens would have 
to be taken out of the collection. During the summer the 
specimens still fit for exhibition were cleaned, sorted and 
re-arranged in the newly repaired cases ; a few birds were 
mounted and a few' ready-mounted common birds were 
purchased. The present Taxidermist, a very capable man and. 
moreover, an excellent field naturalist, who was my collector 
and that of Mr. C. B. Rickett for many years, w y as definitely 
engaged with his brother as Assistant Taxidermist, and, on 
their arrival at the Museum early in October 1907, the work of 
forming a new collection was begun in earnest. The remaining 
unmounted specimens of a small collection of Foochow birds, 
purchased in the spring, were set up (the others had already 
been mounted by a man who was on trial at the Museum for 
a month during the summer). An important collection of 
Fohkien birds was purchased from the new Taxidermist, a 
selection of the birds it contained was made and these skins 
were mounted during the autumn. 
