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them off. On May 23rd I took fourteen single eggs and 

 substituted those of the Gull-billed Tern. On May 25th all 

 the nests had been cleared and the birds driven away by a 

 party of three men with large baskets. Further on we did find 

 a few nests which had been overlooked_, two of which contained 

 three eggs, and most of the others two — all ''just turned. ^^ 

 One set were quite white, many others white with black and 

 grey markings, and few lightish brown on a buff ground with 

 darker marks. The nests were substantial, some being lined 

 with a few Flamingo's feathers, and all were placed on dry 

 land, near the edge of a laguna. 



I should like to mention that I twice saw a black- (not 

 broivn-) headed Gull, which I believe to have been L. nielano- 

 cephalus. It was evidently not breeding and was quite 

 alone, while it flew right off on our approach. 



PODICIPES NIGRICOLLIS. 



Uncommon. I saw Black-necked Grebes and found two 

 nests on the Laguna Santa Olalla on April 29th which looked 

 ready for laying ; but as they were still empty on May 14tli, I 

 concluded that the eggs had been taken. Several nests were 

 found on a rushy swamp on Lucio Real in May, the eggs 

 being stained a dark mahogany colour. 



PODICIPES FLUVIATILIS. 



Numerous. Nests were found from May 2nd onward; 

 one contained the large number of seven eggs. 



VI. — On a small Collection of Birds from Efulen in Cameroon, 

 W. Africa. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. 



(Plate IV.) 



Mr. G. L. Bates, who has sent us several good collections 

 from French Congo and Gaboon, has now forwarded a very 

 interesting series of birds from Efulen, in the German Colony 

 of Cameroon, and, in a letter, has given me the following 

 account of the locality : — 



" This, as you know, is a forest- country, entirely covered 

 with a large and thick growth of trees, except where they 



