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Neumann of the birds of wliicli lie obtained or observed 

 specimens during his travels in German and British East- 

 Africa from 1892 to 1896. As the specimens have been 

 carefully deterruined by Herr Neumann himself, after examin- 

 ing the African Collections, not only in Berlin, but also 

 in London, Tring, Paris, Brussels, Vienna, Munich, Frankfort, 

 and Hamburg, and as their names and references are accom- 

 panied by the author^s field-notes, it will be obvious that the 

 resulting memoir, which will treat of about 530 species, will 

 be of no small importance to students of East- African orni- 

 thology. The present instalment, which begins with the 

 Struthiones and ends with the Columbse and Gallinse, treats 

 of 120 species. Among these Struthio massaicus and 

 Turturosna Jiarterti are described as new species, and Haplo- 

 pella larvata kilimensis (from Kilimanjaro) and Pternistes 

 nudicollis melanogaster (from Tanga) as new subspecies. 

 Of Turturoena harterti, Pternistes nudicollis melanogaster, 

 Pt. nudicollis typicus, Pt. n. humboldti, and Pt. lencopareius 

 coloured figures are given. 



The introduction to this paper contains a short account of 

 Herr Neumann's routes and collecting-stations, with many 

 very interesting ornithological remarks, which are well worthy 

 of perusal. The traveller, after collecting in the island of 

 Zanzibar and on the opposite coast, left Tanga finally for the 

 interior at the end of April 1893, and arrived at Irangi a 

 month later. Hence an excursion was made to the well- 

 known emporium Mpapwa in Northern Ugogo for fresh 

 supplies, and Irangi was reached again on Sept. 7th. From 

 Irangi the route was north-westward towards the Victoria 

 Nyanza, passing the large and little-known Lake Manyara, 

 of the bird-life of which an extraordinary account is given 

 (see also on this subject the same author in Orn. Monatsb. 

 March 1890). Besides enormous flocks of residents, such 

 as Pelicans, Flamingos, Terns, Ducks, and Geese, Lake 

 Manyara seems to be the favourite resort during winter of 

 multitudes of visitors from the north — Waders, Herons 

 Ibises, and Plovers. These birds feed on a small species 

 of fish, which is abundant in the natron-stained waters of 



