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specimens, 172 species, from Korea, and Tshu-shima, Japan. This is one of the most valuable and interesting collections ever acquired by the Museum, being, as it is, the result of several years of intelligent collecting in hitherto ornithologically entirely unexplored country.  Besides some undescribed forms the collection contains a number of very rare species represented in but few museums, as for instance [[underlined]] Platalea minor, Herodius eulophotes, Lanius sphenocercus, Otis dybowskii, Ciconia boyciana, Puffinus leucomelas, Urophina squamiceps, Xanthopygia xanthopygia, Erithacus sibilans, Galerida corensis[[/underlined]] etc., etc., and last, but not least, a pair of [[underlined]] Pitta nympha [[/underlined]] the first specimens found since Schlegel

Transcription Notes:
Help for the scientific names came from the printed version of this report, at https://books.google.com/books?id=obU6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA358 "Urophina" should be Urosphena, but transcribed as written.