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right bank). This is the only district in B. C. A. in which 

 the Inyala {Tragelaphus angasi) has been found, 



Namaramba Lake. — A long narrow lake at the source of 

 tlie Lujenda River, 1750 feet above the sea-level. There is 

 much game here. It has a hot and dry climate, with a 

 small rainfall. 



Nkata. — An administration station on the west shore of 

 Lake Nyasa, 30 miles north of Bandawe. It has a moister 

 climate than any pait of Lake Nyasa, and the rainfall is 

 distributed more equally throughout the year. It was 85 

 inches last year. 



Palombe R'lrcr. — This river runs through Zomba and the 

 Milanji plains into Lake Shirwa. 



Shirwa Lake. — A marshy, ill-smelling, hot lake, lying 

 about 12 miles east of Zomba, about 1800 feet above the 

 sea. Great quantities of birds of all kinds are found here. 

 The lake, which has no great depth of water, swarms with 

 mosquitos. There are several rocky islands, on one of which 

 are large deposits of Iceland-spar. 



Songwe River. — A river which forms part of the Anglo- 

 German boundary between Nyasa and Tanganyika. It is a 

 sluggish stream, thickly overgrown with jungly growth. 

 Its elevation is from 2000 to 2500 feet. 



II. List of thk Collection, with Localities and 

 References to 'The Birds of Africa.^ By G. E. S. 



