Birds of ('anieroo)i Mouiilain. 477 



the Germau Cameroon Zoological-Botanical Expedition of 

 1908-9, publislied in Berlin (Mitt. Zool. Mas. v. 1911, 

 pp. 205-258). 



The explorers Dr. Freuss and Zenker have also sent fine 

 collections from the Cameroon highlands to Europe. 



A paper on a collection of birds is exceedingly dull 

 reading unless some knowledge of the character of the 

 country, from which the birds were obtained, is gained. 

 I therefore make no apology for including extracts from 

 Alexander's account of his explorations, by the kind per- 

 mission of his brother, Mr. Herbert Alexander. 



My thanks are due to ]\Ir. Tom Iredale for his iielp in 

 finding many references for nie, to Mr. Claude. Grant for 

 allowing me to use the unpublished sheets of his MS., and 

 to Mr. Wells for kindly putting the paper in systematic 

 order. 



At the end of this paper I have given a list of all the 

 species known to have been obtained on or at the base of 

 Cameroon Mountain. 



As part of Cameroon jNIountain I include for this purpose 

 the shore-line from Victoria to Bibundi and inland as far 

 north as south Barambi Lake (Richards), where the spurs of 

 the mountain end {vide Map, PI. VI.). 



Boyd Alexander'' s account of Cameroon Mountain. 



On March 26th we struck camp and went on board the 

 'Annobon,' which left for Victoria, where we arrived about 



8 A.M The next day we made an early start and 



arrived at Buea about 11 o'clock. Altogether from Victoria 

 the trek is about five hours along a good road, which ascends 

 by gentle gradients. The altitude of Buea is 3000 feet. . . . 

 I made a camp in the best place I could find among some 

 rather rank grass just above the station proper. 



I left for the mountain on March 28th. Except where the 

 Germans have cleared the ground above Buea for their cattle, 

 the forest begins about a mile above the station. A two 

 hours' strenuous pull through the forest in a north-westerly 

 direction brought us to a clearing where a good bungalow 



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