Letters , Announcements, tyc. 
531 
“ Three specimens of Steller’s Sea-eagle ( Haliaetus pela - 
gicus), from Kamtchatka; presented by Henry Seebohm, 
Esq. 
“ A collection of 198 specimens from Fao, in the Persian 
Gulf; presented by W. D. Cummings Esq. 
et Twenty-four specimens from the Island of Palawan, 
collected by W. E. Lempriere, containing 13 species new to 
the collection, with three new species; purchased. 
“ Two specimens of Falco babylonicus and one of F. pere* 
grinus from Rajputana; presented by Scrope Doig, Esq. 
“ Sixty-six skins from Muscat, including the types of 
Merops muscatensis and Bubo milesi ; presented by Colonel 
Miles. 
“ Twenty-two birds from Aden ; presented by Major Yer- 
bury, R.A. 
“ Eight hundred and fifty-three specimens from Buenos 
Ayres and Patagonia, collected by the late Mr. Henry Durn- 
ford, containing the types of Cyclorhis altirostris and Porzana 
spiloptera; purchased. 
f A specimen of the rare Swainson's Warbler (Heloncea 
swainsoni) from Charleston ; presented by Dr. Elliott Coues. 
An example of the rare Pygmy Owl ( Micrathene whit - 
neyi) from Arizona; presented by H. K. Coale, Esq. 
“ Two specimens of the Tooth-billed Bower-bird (See- 
nopeus dentirostris) , and a pair of Cradieus rufescens from 
Queensland; presented by T. H. B. Bowyer, Esq.” 
Sale of the Jar dine Ornithological Collection. —The dispersal, 
on the 17th of June last, of this historical collection by 
Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, the well-known auctioneers of 
literary property, is an event which can hardly be passed 
without notice. It is true that nearly twelve years have been 
allowed to elapse since the death of Sir William Jardine, in 
1874, and the intimate knowledge of the treasures contained 
in his collection was confined to an annually narrowing 
circle; but ornithologists were not wanting who remembered 
the numerous species described by him from time to time, 
