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Daption capensis. 



Since I recorded the appearance of Cape Pigeons on ilie 

 Western Australian coast, in the first part of this paper 

 ('Ibis,' 1920, p. G93), a specimen of this bird has been 

 obtained at Cottesloe, near Freniantle, in August this year 

 (1920), and is now in the Perth (W. Australia) Museum, 

 together with other rare species obtained during the winter 

 gales. I first read the records in a cutting from the ' West 

 Australian ' newspaper, sent me by a friend, and by last 

 mail have had them confirmed in a letter from Mr. Glauert 

 of the Perth Museum. 



IV. — Remarks on rare and otherivise interesting Birds 

 contained in Collections made hy Mr. G. L. Bates in 

 Southern Cameroon. By David A. Bannerman, M.B.E., 

 B.A., M.B.O.U.* 



The birds here referred to were collected by Mr. G. L. 

 Bates in the southern part of Cameroon, for the most part 

 on the River Ja, but a number were secured on the Rivers 

 Bumba and Nyong {vide map, Ibis, 1908, pi. xi.). 



Two distinct collections are represented: the first was sent 

 to the British Museum before the war in 1911, and on 

 these birds Mr. Bates has already published his interesting 

 notes (Ibis, 1911, pp. 479-545 & 581-631). 



The second collection was received by us in 1915, and 

 these birds Mr. Bates has now generously [)resented to the 

 National Collection. The period during Avhich these two 

 collections were made extends over a number of years : — 



Collection I, from 1908-1911. 

 Collection 2, from 1912-1915. 



In the following pages I have dealt only with the non- 

 Passerine Birds. Mr. Ogilvie-Grant has already published 

 some notes on the rarer Passerine birds which Mr. Bates sent 



* PuLlishecl by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum. 

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