691 
Report on the British Museum fur 1908. 
green, inner edges of remiges pale fuscous. “ Iris grey.” 
Bill and feet black (in skin). Wing 75, culmen 10, tail 39, 
tarsus 19 mm. 
The single specimen was obtained fifty miles west of 
Russisi, north of Lake Tanganyika, in November 1908, by 
Mr. Rudolf Grauer. It was found in bamboo-forest, about 
2000 m. above the sea. 
Type : No. 3956, in the Tring Museum, Grauer Collection. 
XXXVI .—The Report on the British Museum for 1908. 
The Annual Report on the British Museum for 1908, 
presented to Parliament by the Trustees, contains much 
interesting information concerning the National Collection 
of Birds at South Kensington, from which we extract the 
following passages :— 
The Birds in the British Saloon have been re-arranged, 
and the old and faded specimens have been almost entirely 
replaced by new examples. One hundred and fifty-nine of 
these have been beautifully mounted and generously pre¬ 
sented by Mr. Rowland Ward. Cases containing specimens 
of the Coal-Tit and BuffoAs Skua have been added. 
Some valuable additions have been made to the collection 
of skeletons and of birds in spirit; and among these, special 
mention may be made of the gifts of Birds-of-Paradise from 
Sir William Ingram, and of nestling Pelicans from Captain 
Stanley Flower, Director of the Zoological Gardens, Cairo. 
The arrangement of the Passerine skeletons is now 
completed. Much curatorial work has been done to keep 
these collections in order, but the specimens in spirit are 
almost inaccessible owing to the want of suitable storage; 
while in regard to the skeleton-collection a very large 
number of old skeletons need to be replaced by new and 
properly prepared specimens. 
A series of preparations illustrating the Classification of 
