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several new ones." Every traveller who had similar experience witli Dutch or other 

 officials will read these remarks witli much interest. 



From the Snnda Islands Doherty proceeded to Celebes. In July ISCMj he 

 collected iu the low country north of Makassar, in August on Bonthaiu Peak, in 

 August and September in West Celebes, at Tawaya and Dongala, north and south 

 of Palos Bay. One of his best ornithological discoveries iu Celebes was the bird 

 I have named Munia siibaistanea, and which is still, as far as I know, only known 

 from the three specimens shot by him in West Celebes (Nov. Zool. I8t)7). 



From Palos Bay a trip was made to North Celebes and Siao, but the collections 

 there brought together were of no importance, while a very fruitfnl exj)edition 

 was made to Rula Mangoli and Sula Besi in October and November IMIT. Six 

 new forms of birds were discovered and described by Mr. Rothschild and myself 

 (Nov. Zool. 1898, pp. 125 to 136). 



Proceeding further eastwards, the intrepid explorer entered again the Papnan 

 region, and made very extensive collections on New Gninea, at Kapaur, Andai and 

 Dorey, Kon Island, Korido and Biak, Mafor, .lobi Island, and Takar. Some notes of 

 his travels and adventures in these wild countries are given in Nov. Zool. 19U1 

 pp. 56 to 6U. The sufferings from climate and hostile natives were terrible, and 

 good luck was absent, for the collections are hardly adequate to all the hardships 

 of this Papnan expedition. 



From New Guinea he went ouce more to the Moluccas, visiting Batchian, 

 Halmahera, the interesting island of Obi Major, between the northern and southern 

 groups of Moluccan Islands, where he made a very fine bird collection, and Burn, 

 where, however, only unimportant collections were made, while formerly he brought 

 together a very large Burn collection of lepidoptera, which has been described iu 

 Nov. Zool. 1900, by Dr. Holland. 



The last trip of this great expedition was made to a country ijuite new even 

 to the much travelled Doherty — the Philippines. In the Phili])pine Archipelago 

 Doherty visited Palawan, where he made a small collection, intending to return 

 later and to explore the highlands ; then to Basilan, where he made a very good 

 collection of birds, and collected also a number of lepidoptera. On Basilan about 

 all the birds known from that island were got, except the large hornbill, while of 

 Penelopides basilanica a fine series was sent. The collections were made near 

 Isabella, where the hills do not exceed 2,000 feet, the high peak of Basilan lying 

 at the south-east corner of the island, while Isabella is in the north-west. 



After a " funny time " during the war at Manila, Doherty returned once more 

 to America, to recruit his health. Herein he did not succeed well, for when he 

 was in England two years ago we found him not only very nervous and in low 

 spirits, but he also had a severe attack of fever (or influenza ?), in London. 1 

 strongly advised him not yet to go out into a tropical climate, but he replied that 

 all his plans were made and there was no choice for him. So we said farewell to 

 each other, alas, for the last time. He went to Calcutta and Darjiling to engage 

 Indian servants, collectors and skinners ; and started via Mombasa to the " Escarp- 

 ment " at the terminu'S (November 1900) of the Uganda railway. I quote from 

 one of his letters (December 26th) : 



" I wasted two months in the low country — it was the rainy season there, 

 and yet a failure, except in Microlepicloptera, which will doubtless be scientifically 

 interesting, but do not pay expenses. I heard awful accounts of the drought here; 

 came here at a venture, and found magnificent forest and quite a number of fine 



