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Letters, Extracts, Notices, fyc. 
been catalogued by Mr. Eugene Oates, and nearly tlie whole 
collection labelled and made available for reference, including 
the accessions received since the late Mr. Seebohm made the 
preliminary arrangement. 
“ The re-arrangement and determination of the collection 
of bird-skeletons continues to make satisfactory progress. 
Mr. W. P. Py craft has carefully determined those of the 
Grebes, Divers, Struthious birds, and Tinamous, and a large 
number of specimens, both adults and embryos, have been 
added to the series. 
“Much assistance in the latter work has been voluntarily 
given by Mr. Robert Reid.” 
The additions to the Bird-Collection in 1899-1900 were 
5626 in number, of which the following are specially men¬ 
tioned in the Report 174 birds from Nyasaland, including 
the type of a new Barbet ( Melanobucco macclounii), and a 
new Shrike ( Malaconotus manningi), presented by Lieut.-Col. 
Manning ; 40 birds from Ascension Island and Diego Garcia, 
presented by Dr. F. Penrose; 114 birds, 6 nests, and 11 
eggs from the Chilean Andes, presented by Mr. E. A. Fitz¬ 
gerald; 242 birds from Argentina and Patagonia, presented 
by Dr. F. P. Moreno; 8 birds from British East Africa, 
presented by Mr. R. Crawshay; 30 birds from Muscat, pre¬ 
sented by Surgeon Lieut.-Col. A. Jayakar ; 9 birds, 29 eggs, 
and 76 nests from China, presented by Mr. J. D. La Touche; 
9 birds from China, presented by Mr. F. W. Styan; 1192 
birds from China, including examples of many rare species 
new to the collection, presented by Mr. C. B. Rickett; 111 
specimens from Ecuador, purchased; 103 birds from Canada, 
received in exchange; 56 birds from South-east New Guinea, 
purchased; the type of a new species of Swallow ( Psalido - 
procne per civ ali) from British Central Africa, presented by 
Mr. A. Blayney Percival; 45 birds from Cape York, North 
Queensland, purchased; 21 birds from Basilan, Philippines, 
purchased ; 12 birds from New Guinea, purchased; 16 birds 
from the Transvaal, presented by Mr. F. C. Selous; 18 birds 
from Tibet, presented by Capt. Deasy; 19 birds and 9 eggs 
from Nigeria, presented by Dr. Christy,* 206 birds and 14 
