693 
Report on the British Museum for 1908. 
Pye-Smith. Type-specimens of Poliospiza mennelli and 
Pinarornis rhodesice ; presented by the Trustees of the 
Rhodesian Museum. An example of Colius kirbyi, from 
Lydenburg, E. Transvaal (type of the species) ; purchased. 
Two hundred and forty-three birds from Paraguay; pre¬ 
sented by the Hon. Wyndham Knatchbull-Hugessen. 
Examples of Paradisea minor, Cicinnurus regius, and 
Diphyllodes hunsteini from S.E. New Guinea; presented by 
Sir William Ingram. Ninety-four birds from New Guinea, 
collected by Mr. Walter Goodfellow; purchased. 
Fourteen birds from New Zealand, including the type of 
Pseudogerygone macleani ; presented by Mr. J. C. McLean. 
In addition to the official catalogues and other volumes 
published by the Trustees, various reports and descriptive 
papers have been prepared by members of the B.M. staff in 
connection with different branches of the Collections, and 
have been published in various scientific journals. Those 
referring to the Class of Birds are entitled as follows :— 
“ Additional Notes on the Birds of Formosa”; “ On 
Two supposed Hybrids between the Red Grouse and 
Ptarmigan ”; “ On a Collection of Birds made by 
Mr. Douglas Carruthers during his journey from Uganda 
to the mouth of the Congo”; “Remarks on some of the 
Birds recently described as new by Prof. Neumann ” ; “ On 
two new Species of Grass-Warbler ( Cisticola belli and 
C. woosnami) from S.E. Ruwenzori ” ; “ On a new Species 
of Rail ( Saurothura buryi) from Somaliland” ; “On a new 
Species of Chat ( Saxicola hawkeri) from the Sudan ” ; “ On 
two new Species of Sun-bird ( Cinnyris seimundi) from 
Fernando Po and (C. batesi) from S. Cameroon ” ; “On a 
new Species of Pucras Pheasant ( Pucrasia styani) from 
Ichang, Central China”; “Report on the Immigrations of 
our Summer Residents in the Spring of 1907.” These 
were written by Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. 
“ Nestling Birds and some of the Problems they Present ” ; 
“Note on the Late Nesting of the Bearded Tit”; “The 
Powder-down of the Heron”; “ Note on the Chiff-Chaff in 
London ” ; “ The Nest of the Ringed Plover and the bearing 
