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61. North on the Large-tailed Grass-Wren. 



[On the Nest and Eggs of the Large-tailed Grass-Wren [Amytis 

 macrurus Gould). By Alfred J. North, C.M.B.O.U. Vict. Nat 

 February 1910;] 



Mr. North describes and figures the nest and eggs of 

 Amytis macrurus from specimens obtained near Kalgoorlie, 

 Western Australia, and adds interesting particulars about 

 its habits as observed by his correspondent Mr. Gibson. 



6.2. Ogilvie-Grant on the Birds of the Ruwenzori Expe- 

 dition. 



[Ruwenzori Expedition Reports. 16. Aves. By W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, 

 F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. Trans. Zool. Soc. six. Part 4.] 



In our last number (see above, p. 372) we noticed 

 Mr. Woosnam's interesting itinerary of the Ruwenzori 

 Expedition and his proposed division of that mountain-mass 

 into six zones, distinguished by their principal features of 

 vegetation and their leading forms of bird-life. We have 

 now before us Mr. Ogilvie-Grant's complete account of the 

 birds collected during the Expedition ; it is contained in 

 the fourth part of the nineteenth volume of the Zoological 

 Society's quarto ' Transactions,' and is illustrated by ten 

 coloured plates. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant commences his introduction by remark- 

 ing that of the collections made by the Expedition probably 

 none is so nearly complete as that of the birds. This is 

 mainly due to the fact that four of its members were 

 specially interested in Ornithology, and made great efforts 

 to obtain examples of every species that was met with. 

 These exertions resulted in the acquisition of specimens of 

 385 species, of which, so far as our present knowledge 

 extends, 20 are found only on Ruwenzori and on the 

 Mufumbiro Volcanoes, and 96 more in the Ruwenzori 

 district at lower levels and on the great central chain of the 

 adjoining lakes. On the whole, 27 new species were dis- 

 covered by the Ruwenzori Expedition. 



Another noticeable feature in the Ruwenzorian Ornis is 



