W.A. Museum and Art Gallery.—The director of the W.A. Museum and Art
Gallery, Mr. Bernard H. Woodward, announces the following additions to the
collections in the institution :—Two Tinamous, as types of a remarkable
order of South American birds, a pair of sand-grouse from Africa, received
in exchange from Mr. Gregory M. Matthews, the well-known Australian
ornithologist. The bird collection now contains examples of all the orders
of birds, and an almost complete series of Western Australian genera and
species. To the coloured casts of Western Australian fish, considerable
additions have been made, while the spirit specimens have all been removed
from the public gallery as they are only of interest to specialists. They
can be seen on application to the director. There have also been placed on
view some fine specimens of Russian pottery, valued at considerably over
£200, which have been received from the Imperial Academy of Arts, St.
Petersburg, in exchange for a collection of Western Australian weapons, etc.
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