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Sept. 17, 1906.— Left Entebbe. 



Oct. 1. — Mbarara (Ankole). 



Oct7l2-22. — Lake Albert Edward (north end). 



Oct. 2o-29.— ,, „ (south end). 



Not. 1-25. — Mfumbiro Volcanoes. 



Nov. 25 to Dec. 13. — Lake Kivu. 



Dec. 13-21. — Between Lakes Kivu and Tanganyika. 



Dec. 21-31. — Tanganyika (Uvira, north end, to Baraka, Burton Gulf). 



Jan. 1-30, 1907. — Baraka (Tanganyika) to Kasongo (Congo). 



[Kalembe-lembe (5th), Niembo (9th), Kabambare (13th to 19th).] 

 Jan. 30 to Feb. 1. — Kasongo. 

 Feb. 4-12. — Kamimbe (or Sendwe). 

 Feb. 13. — Lokandu. 

 Feb. 15-22. — Ponthierville. 

 Feb. 23-29. — Stanleyville. No birds were collected between ihis place 



and Boma at the mouth of the Congo, which was reached on the 



17th of March, 1907. 



Introduction. By Douglas Carrutheks. 



After the termination of the Ruwenzori Expedition I 

 determined^ in company with jNIr. A. F. R. WoUaston, to 

 cross Africa from Uganda to the West Coast in order to 

 make a collection of birds. 



Our route took us through little-known districts, large 

 areas of Avhich had never been collected over before ; but 

 owing to fever and sickness I was unable to make so large 

 and complete a collection of birds as I had intended, and 

 had to leave almost untouched the most iuteresting region 

 of all — namely, the Mfumbiro Volcanoes. 



Leaving Entebbe on the 17th of September, 1906, we 

 travelled through Southern Uganda to Lake Albert Edward, 

 obtaining, however, but few birds that had not already been 

 procured by the Ruwenzori Expedition. At the south end 

 of Lake Albert Edward, which is really a vast marsh, I saw 

 extraordinary numbers of water-birds, such as Pelicans, 

 Darters, Geese, Gulls, Terns, Stilts, and numerous other 

 Waders, as well as Kingfishers. 



Here, at the threshold of the volcano-region, I was taken 

 ill with fever, which prostrated me for a month ; and when 

 I was well enough to travel there was only time to make a 



