162 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



{b) My own collection from the east side of Lake Mweru, 



3000 feet above sea-level. 

 {c) Some Milanje specimens secured by our hunters. 

 {d) Some from Liwonde on the Upper Shire River, 



about 1500 feet above the sea-level, from the same 



source. 



Mr. J. McClounie, Chief of the Scientific Staff at Zomba, 

 who visited England last year, has kindly supplied me with 

 the following notes on the principal localities in which the 

 specimens were obtained : — 



Buwa or Bua Rwe7\ — Kotakota is near or at the mouth 

 of the Bua, which is a large river and drains a con- 

 siderable tract of country from the Anglo-Portuguese 

 western boundary. Mr. Sharpe, I think, went in at 

 Kotakota and travelled south-west and south to the 

 Angoniland country. I have only been to the upper 

 reaches of the Bua, at the 14th parallel of South latitude, 

 which point I fixed in 1896. Specimens from this district 

 are likely to be from latitudes 13° to 13° 30'. 



Chikala Mountain. — Mount Cliikala lies about 24 miles to 

 the E.N.E. of Zomba, on the shores of Lake Shirwa. The 

 lake itself is 1700 feet above the sea-level, and the top of 

 Chikala (by aneroid) comes near 5548 feet. If I remember 

 rightly, numerous aquatic birds are to be found there, while 

 on the top and in the ravines many warblers may be heard. 

 Though not rising quite so high as Zomba, and not so 

 extensive, it is practically the last hill of note in our territory 

 of the chain of hills running north from Zomba. 



Chiuta Lake. — Lake Chiuta is further east than Mount 

 Chikala, but also more to the north. This small lake is con- 

 sidered by most people to be a continuation of Lake Shirwa, 

 as it is separated from it by only a few miles of land, evi- 

 dently composed of silt. There are many birds to be had 

 there, as well as other game, amongst which the Gnu is 

 abundant. It is on the Anglo-Portuguese boundary, 



Dedza or Deza is a mountain in Central Angoniland on 

 the Portuguese frontier, about 7000 feet in altitude. 



