323 
On Additions to the British Museum. 
146. Erythra phcenicura. 
Rallies phoenicurus, Forster, Zool. Ind. p. 19, t. 9, “Ceylon” 
(1781). 
(?) Rallus sumatranus , Raffles, t. c. p. 328, Sumatra 99 
(1821). 
147. Butorides javanica. 
Ardea javanica, Horsf. t. c. p. 190, “ Java” (1820); Raffles, 
t. c. p. 326, “ Sumatra.” 
148. Ardea purpurea. 
Ardea purpurea, Linn. S. N. i. p. 236 (1766). 
149. Demiegretta sacra. 
Ardea sacra, Gm. S. N. i. p. 640 (1788). 
150. Sterna media. 
Sterna media, Horsf. l.c. p. 198, “ Java” (1820); Saun¬ 
ders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 655. 
151. Sterna bergii. 
Sterna bergii, Lichtenst. Verzeich. p. 80, “ South Africa ” 
(1823); Saunders, t.c. p. 657. 
I am indebted to Mr. Saunders for the identification of 
these two Terns. 
XXY.— Report on the Additions to the Collection of Birds in 
the British Museum in 1875* *. 
With the exception of the year 1874, in which Mr. Wallace’s 
collection was purchased by the Trustees, the last year shows 
a greater increase in this branch of the department than any 
of the preceding years, the total number of acquisitions 
amounting to 4277 specimens, among which were 152 species 
* Extracted from a Return to an Order of the Honourable The House 
of Commons, dated 6 April 1877 ;—for an Account “ of the Income and 
Expenditure of the British Museum (Special Trust Funds), for the Finan¬ 
cial Year ended the 31st day of March 1877; and a Return of the Num¬ 
ber of Persons admitted to visit the Museum in each Year from 1871 to 
1876, both years inclusive; together with a Statement of the Progress 
made in the Arrangement of the Collections; and an Account of Objects 
added to them in the year 1876.” 
