from Somaliland and Sovtiiern Abyssinia. 



119 



Mr. Weld-Blundcll and Lord Lovat have presented the 

 greater part of this grand collection to the British Museum, 

 thus adding not only sixteen new species to the collection, 

 but supplying examples of ten known species which had 

 hitherto hccn wanting to our series. A glance at the 

 accompanyuig sketch-map, supplied by Mr. Weld-Blundell 

 and Lord Lovat, clearly shows the route followed by the 

 travellers, more than 300 miles being through country the 

 zoology of which had never previously been explored. The 

 names of the principal camps are indicated, while those 

 intermediate places mentioned on the itinerary given below 

 can be approximately located, 



Mr. Weld-BlundelPs time was almost entirely occupied in 

 making a map of the country traversed, and the results of 

 his work will shortly be given to the Royal Geographical 

 Society, and published in the ' Geographical Journal '*. 



Three of the plates drawn to illustrate this article have 

 been presented to ' The Ibis ' by Mr. Weld-Blundell. 



A new species, Sylviella minima, from Manda Island, British 

 East Africa, is incidentally described on p. 156. 



Itlnernry of the Weld-Blundell and Lovat Expedition 

 (1898-9). 



Dec. 11. Gobeyla, Somaliland. 



„ 13. Hargeisa, Somaliland. 



„ 17. Acabsiyo, Somaliland. 



„ 18. JiffaMeda, Somaliland. 



,, 21. Staboolo, Somaliland. 



,, 23. Jig Jegp:a, Abyssinia. 



„ 24. Hade, Abyssinia. 



,, 2.5. Feyambiro, Abyssinia. 



,, 27. Ilarrar, Abyssinia. 



„ 30. Lake Ilairar Meyer, 



Abyssinia. 



Jan. 3. Garsa and Wavabili, 



Abyssinia. 



„ 4. Chelimco, Abyssinia. 



.Ian. .5. DeiTii, Abyssinia. 



„ G. Burka, Abyssinia. 



,, 7. Tra, Ab^'ssinia. 



„ 8. Ilinxa, Abyssin^M" 



„ 10. Bar,oma, Abyssinia. 



,, 12. Lake Cbercher, Abys- 

 sinia. 



„ 14. Laga Ilardim, Abys- 

 sinia. 



„ 1(). Ivetcben Walia and 

 Ilawasb, Abyssinia. 



„ 17. Fontaly, Abyssinia. 



„ 18. Kassira river, Abys- 

 sinia. 



[* The paper was read by Mr. Weld-Blundell at the Meeting of Dec. 

 11th, 1899.— Edd.] 



