obtained in the Manenguba Mountains. 645 



and began his long journey into the interior whicli termi- 

 nated so fatally with his murder on the 2nd of April, 

 1910, at Ilanie, French Equatorial Africa. 



During his journey from Buea to Manenguba, Alexander 

 does not appear to have done any collecting — at any rate, no 

 birds were sent home from tiiere, and his diary shows no 

 entry of any having been obtained. The collection from 

 Manenguba comprises 80 specimens referable to 43 species 

 and subspecies, almost all of which were procured in the 

 neighbourhood of Niriong. 



After leaving this district only one bird appears to have 

 been obtained, namely Layonosticta di/hoivskii, an example 

 of which was shot at Bafum Bum. If any other specimens 

 were secured, they were sul)sequently lost, but none are 

 recorded in Alexander's diary, which contains an accurate" 

 account of every bird obtained. 



Systematic List. 



1. Francolinus bicalcaratus. 



Francoliniis bicalcaratus Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th cd. 17G6, 

 i. p. 277 : Senegal. 



a,h. S ^ ad. (Nos. 1, 2). Manenguba Mts. 28. v. 09. 



F. bicalcaratus is a well-known AVest African species. 

 Specimens in the British Museum are from Casa Blanco, 

 Senegal, Gambia, Gold Coast (Accra), Northern Nigeria 

 (llorin and Shonga), as well as the two birds now recorded 

 from Cameroon. 



The birds obtained in the Manenguba district are not the 

 first specimens obtained from south of the Niger River, 

 Reichenow having recorded the species from eastern 

 Cameroon in the districts of Bannso, Banjo, and Garua. 



2. Gallinula chloropus meridionalis. 



Gallinula c. meridionalis Brehm, Vogelf. 1855, p. 331 ; 

 Bannerman, Ibis, 1915, p. 116. 



a. c? ad. (No. 1). Manenguba Lake. 2. vi. 09. 



This is an example of the small African Moorhen, which 



has, for so long, been confused with the typical European 



form. 



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