1890.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. II 



N. M. Romanoff, and is continued in tin- succeeding volumes. He lias a 

 collection of Lepidoptera, and lias corresponded and exchanged with I >r. 

 Strecker, of Reading, uho has received many fine specimens from him. 



II. SKIN NIK. 



PHILADELPHIA'S " WHITK I'ASIIA." I )r. \\'. I,. Al>l>tt, an ornitholi i^ist 

 and entomologist, well known in Philadelphia, is making -quite a reputation 

 in Mast Central Africa as an explorer and naturalist. I '.Hi m- l-a\ in- this 

 country lie presented his fine collection of birds to the Philadelphia Acad- 

 emy. He also possessed a fine collection of Lepidoptera, mostly local 

 species. Dr. Al>!>ott is a life member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 a graduate of the Towne Scientific School and the Medical Department 

 ot the Tniversity of Pennsylvania, and member of the Royal College of 

 Physicians and Surgeons of Kn^land. He collected birds in the far \\Vst 

 in iSSi, and birds and insects in Hayti in 1883, and presented the latter to 

 the American Entomological Society; amoiiL; these was a new species of 

 .Inaiiia and other rarities. He was with 1 1 err Hhlers, uho recently 

 made the first successful ascent of Mt. Kilmanjaro, the highest mountain 

 in Africa. Dr. Abbott did not reach the summit, but broke down at 17,000 

 feet with heart dilatation, as he was convalescing from the African lexer. 

 More birds have been collected by him than by any one uho has visited 

 the Kilmanjaro region (550 species i. At last accounts Dr. Abbott was 

 preparing a lar-e expedition into Masai land. Stevens, the round-the- 

 world bicyclist, alludes to him (mite frequently in his letters to the A'c'.v 

 York H'ur/d. He describes the natixes as sin^in^ his praises asfollous : 



" ( )ur Wanyamwezi, marching together in the same regular order as 

 yesterday, struck up a vociferous and truly African retrain, while the rest 

 of the caravan suivj, the chorus. No matter how hot the day or how tired 

 his limbs, the porter seems always ready to split his throat in sin^in^ and 

 shouting. For this or for dancing he seldom ;^ets too tired. The \Yan- 

 yamwe/i are noted shouters. They commenced a soni; in praise ol' tin- 

 white man, and many joined in heartily. 



"Great is the m/.un^er ! \\'oh! uoh!" suivj, the melodists from the 

 Land of the Moon. 



" \\"oh ! woh! woh ! the Mzu-u-gu-u-u ! uoh!" chorused the caravan. 

 ' The M/iin^u is :^,reat ! uoh !" 



'\\'oh! uoh! woh! the M/u-u-u,-u-u ! uoh!" 



"Great is the Merikain ! (Dr. Abbott, uho is widely known by that 

 proud title amoiiL; the natixes of Kast Central Africa i uoh !" 



" \\'oh ! uoh! uoh! the Merikain, u oh !" 



" ( )ur l M >d is rice and fish ! uoh !" 



"\Voh ! woh ! woh ' rice and lish !" 



" \\'oh ! our food is rice and tish '." 



" ( ireat is the M/un^u ! woh !" 



"\\'oh ! uoh ! uoh ! the M/un-u uoh!" 



" He l^ixes Us rupees ! rupees !" 



" \\'oh ! woh ! woh ! he -ix es us rupees ! rupees ! uoh !" H. SKIN N i 



