Birds from Nyasaland. 377 



As will be seen by the localities in Capt. Shelley's list, 

 which are always noted, the greater number of the speci- 

 mens in the present series were obtained on Mount Zomba 

 or in the immediate vicinity. But it also embraces the 

 collection formed by Mr. Whyte during an excursion which 

 he made to Mount Mlosa, to the west of Zomba, in November 

 and December 1896, concerning which Mr. Whyte has 

 kindly supplied me with the following particulars : — 



"I started on a collecting-trip to Mount Mlosa on the 9th 

 Nov. 1896, and spent ten days on the range on that 

 occasion. Finding the plateau more than usually interesting, 

 I revisited it a month later, and procured a second and good 

 collection of such plants as were not in bloom during my 

 first visit, as also additional specimens of mammals, birds, 

 and other animals. 



" Mount Mlosa is a well-defined, imposing, and precipit- 

 ous mountain, separated from Mount Zomba by the deep 

 gorge and valley of the Domasi river. At the lower end of 

 this gorge is situated the Domasi Mission Station of the 

 Church of Scotland, where many of the Europeans of the 

 Shire Highlands have had their health restored, under the 

 kind treatment and uursiug of the Rev. Dr. Henry and 

 Mrs. Scott. 



"This mountain (Mlosa) is really a continuation of the 

 range of hills which commences near to Fort Johnston, 

 and running nearly parallel with the course of the Upper 

 Shire river, culminates in Mount Zomba at its southern 

 extremity. The height of its plateau is about the same as that 



(3) Third List of Birds collected by Mr. Alexander Whyte, F.Z.S., in 



Nyasaland. By Captain G. E. Shelley, F.Z.S. Ibis, 1894, 



p. 461, pi. xii. 

 [Report on several collections containing examples of 100 species. Of 

 these one {Agapornis liliana) was new and 44 were additions to the Nyasa- 

 land list.] 



(4) On a Collection of Birds from Monnt Chiradzulu, in the Shir6 



Highlands, Nyasaland. By Captain G. E. Shelley, F.Z.S. 

 With Prefatory Remarks by P. L. Sclater. Ibis, 1896, p. 177, 

 pi. iv. 

 [Report on 40 specimens from Mount Chiradzulu, referable to 27 

 species, of which 3 were new to science.] 



