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XXXIII. — Notes and Extracts. 



Capt. Boyd Alexander s Expedition. — We have heard 

 nothing direct from Capt. Alexander lately, but there is 

 an account of his journey across Northern Nigeria from 

 Loko on the Benue to Yo, near the shores of Lake Chad, 

 in the 'Times ' of May 11th last and in the June number of 

 the c Geographical Journal.' At the beginning of February 

 Capt. Alexander was proposing to continue his transit of 

 Africa by ascending the valley of the River Shari, and 

 then striking across to Mahagi on the shore of Lake Albert. 

 As his Portuguese collector is still with him, Capt. Alexander 

 is sure to bring home a good series of birds, amongst which, 

 as his route has not previously been traversed, there will be 

 probably many novelties. 



Mr. Bates's return to Camaroon. — Mr. George L. Bates, 

 whose interesting field-notes on the birds of Cameroon we 

 have published in connexion with Dr. Bowdler Sharpens 

 papers on his collections, returned from a holiday in the 

 U.S. last month, and after a short stay in London left again 

 for Camaroon to continue his researches in the Natural 

 History of that German Colony. On this occasion Mr. Bates 

 is accompanied by Robertson, lately in the Zoological 

 Society's service, who will take charge of any Anthropoid 

 Apes or other living animals that Mr. Bates may be able 

 to obtain. 



The Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia. — In the report of the Officers of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for 1904 we are 

 pleased to see it announced by Mr. Witmer Stone, the 

 Conservator of the "Ornithological Section/' that the 

 collections of the Academy " were never in better condition 

 nor more accessible to the student than they are at present." 

 Many additions have been made during the past year, 

 amongst which is a series of 300 Philippine birds and 

 collections from the West Indies, Colorado, and California. 



