186 Recenlly jmblisJted Ornithological Works. 



" (2) The country from 2000-3000 feet is mainly of a 

 broken and hilly character, and a large part of it, including 

 nearly all the hills, are covered with a thin woodland. Large 

 timber is not usually met with, except on the banks of 

 streams. Here and there are open spaces, locally known as 

 'damtos,' covered in the rainy season with immensely tall 

 grass. 



" (3) Above 3000feetthe woodland is of similar character, 

 but less in extent, the open grassy spaces being markedly 

 larger. Here and there in places granite kopjes may be 

 seen. On the high plateau towards the Kafue parts of the 

 country exhibit the well-known park-like character so often 

 described by African travellers. There are also patches of 

 dense jungle, mainly composed of evergreen trees, and 

 usually found on the banks of streams." 



The specimens of birds collected by Mr. Neave are referred 

 to 217 species, which are catalogued according to Dr. Rowdier 

 Sharpe's ' Hand-list,' with references to Dr. Reichenow's and 

 Mr. W. L. Sclater's works and other authorities. Unfor- 

 tunately, there are very few introductory remarks given to 

 shew us the general character of the Avifauna, but it is 

 obvious, on looking through the list, that a large proportion 

 of the species belong to South-African forms, intermixed 

 with a few from Nyasaland. Two species are described as 

 new — Cisticola stoehri and Hypochera codrimjtoni — and are 

 figured on a coloured plate. The charming little Love-bjrd 

 Aijaporais UliatKB was met with " sparingly, in flocks, on the 

 LoangAva.'"' Coracias spntulatus was obtained at Petauke. 

 The field-notes attached to each species are numerous, but 

 very brief. 



It must not be forgotten that another large collection of 

 birds was made by Dr. Stoehr (of the Geodetic Survey) in 

 N.E. Rhodesia for the S. African Museum, and was described 

 by Dr. Stoehr and Mr. W. L. Sclater in the ' Journal of the 

 S. African Ornithologists' Union ' in 1906 *. 



* See their " Notes on a Collection of Birds made in North-east 

 lihodesia,"' Journ. S.A. Orn. Union, vol. ii. p. 83 (1906 j. 



