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readers of ' The Ibis ' for the useful collection of birds he 

 formed in the island of Sumatra^ which formed the subject 

 of Lord Tweeddale^s article in the last volume of this Journal 

 (Ibis, 1877, pp. 283-323) . On his return from the east Mr. 

 Buxton undertook an exploring journey to the Niger, where, 

 after a short illness, he met his death. 



