324 On the Additions of Birds to the British Museum. 
new to the collection and 47 typical specimens. The follow¬ 
ing may be specially mentioned :— 
The collection of Corvidae made ^by John Gould, Esq., and 
consisting of 100 specimens, amongst them the types of seven 
species described by that ornithologist. 
A series of Cormorants from the Cornish coast; presented 
Dr. Giinther. 
Two hundred and ninety-nine specimens, obtained by the 
North-American Boundary Commission in the vicinity of the 
49th parallel. 
A series of 110 skins, nests, eggs, and skeletons, selected 
from the collection made by Messrs. Slater and Gulliver, 
Naturalists of the Transit-of-Venus ” Expedition, in Rodri¬ 
guez. 
The fourth portion of the collection of African Birds formed 
by, and formerly in the possession of, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. ; 
it consists of 750 specimens, and contains 12 types, and 56 
species previously not represented in the British Museum. 
A collection from the Transvaal; presented by J. H. 
Gurney, Esq., and including specimens of Turdus gurneyi. 
Seven specimens from the Victoria Falls, amongst them 
the types of a new genus ( Pinarornis ) and Saxicola shelleyi ; 
purchased. 
The type of Bradyornis woodwardi , from Natal; presented 
by J. D. S. Woodward, Esq. 
The type of Dromceocercus brunneus, from Madagascar; 
presented by Algernon Peckover, Esq. 
A selected series of 136 skins and eggs, from the collection 
made by the Rev. A. E. Eaton, Naturalist to the <e Transit-of- 
Venus ” Expedition, in Kerguelen Land. 
A most valuable collection of 1303 specimens from North¬ 
ern Bengal, North-western India, Burma, and Malacca ; pre¬ 
sented by Captain Stackhouse Pin will. 
Ten specimens from Burma, new to the collection; pre¬ 
sented by the Marquis of Tweeddale, F.R.S. 
A series of 200 specimens selected from the collections 
made by Dr. J. Anderson during the expedition to Yunnan. 
