192 1. J of the Birds of Sierra Leone. 285 



Ibis/ 1912, pp. 219-208. I should like to take tliis oppor- 

 tunity of" making some corrections in this paper, two of 

 which have already been pointed out by Major Kelsall. 

 The birds recorded as Fijrenestes ostrinus were in reality 

 P. coccineus (pp. 224 & 232) ; likewise the immature birds 

 recorded from Sierra Leone and Liberia as Chalcumitra ucik 

 are C. splencUdus, while that from St. Paul de Loanda is 

 C. gutturalis (p. 225). 



Specimens of Ardea gularis were, owing to an unaccount- 

 able slip, recorded as Melanophoi/x ardesiaca (p. 22S). These 

 two small Herons cannot possibly be confused. We did not 

 iu those days pay such minute attention to the geographical 

 races of birds described, and in consequence several birds 

 recorded as species have now been sunk to the level of 

 subspecies, while others are now recognized as distinct races 

 of the species then recorded. Mr. Lowe's collections were 

 presented to the British Museum by Captain Hardy. 



Colonel H. J. Kelsall, R.A. (then Major), was stationed 

 in Sierra Leone from August 1910 to August 1911, and 

 again from February 1912 to February 1913. His col- 

 lection numbered 941 specimens, embracing 215 species. 



Major Kelsall worked out this collection himself, and 

 published a valuable paper, together with an excellent map 

 of the Protectorate. Kelsall carried out most of his 

 observations in the Peninsula, but also toured through the 

 central and southern portions of the Protectorate, an itinerary 

 of which journey will be found in his paper {I.e. p. 193). 

 On another occasion he spent a short time in the Hibbi and 

 Bumpe Chiefdoms. His geographical and topographical 

 notes are much fuller than those given by Kemp, and add 

 largely to the value and interest of his paper. 



KelsalPs collections were tiixided between the British, 

 Tring, and Dublin Museums, only 42 specimens belonging 

 to 29 species and subspecies coming to the first named. 



