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the lake. In the adjoining acacia-forest bird-life was also 

 found to be extremely well represented, and in tlie neigh- 

 bouring desert which separates Manyara from the salt Lake 

 of Nguruman some of the specimens upon which Herr 

 Neumann has based his new Ostrich^ Struthio massaicus, 

 were obtained. This Ostrich is stated to be a red-necked 

 form allied to the northern S. camelus, and not blue-necked 

 like S. molybdophanes, to which species the Ostrich of German 

 East- Africa has been hitherto usually referred. 



After going some way further north, Herr Neumann 

 turned westward towards Lake Victoria, which he reached 

 at Mori Bay in February 1894. In Kavirondo he collected 

 largely for several months, and then proceeded to Uganda, 

 and round the north side of the lake to Bukoba and Muansa. 

 Returning to Lubwas, on the Nile, he liad the misfortune 

 of finding the large collections he had left there for safe 

 custody completely spoiled by damp. Nothing daunted, 

 Herr Neumann started on another hunting expedition in the 

 provinces of Chagweh and Bulamwezi, where elephants and 

 other large game were abundant, but did not cease to collect 

 birds. He returned to Mumia's, on the Uganda caravan-road, 

 in November 1894, where he met Mr. F. J. Jackson ; and 

 thence proceeded homeward through British East-Africa. 

 On the Mau plateau birds were abundant, and five new 

 species were discovered. Swarms of Irrisor jacksoni and 

 other varieties were met with. Finally our energetic friend 

 visited the slopes of Kilimanjaro, and made good collections 

 at a height of some 9000 feet, obtaining examples of many 

 new species, among which was the Pipra-\\\e wonder 

 named Atopornis diabolicus (!). On Feb. 5th, 1895, Herr 

 Neumann reached Mombasa, and took ship for Tanga, whence 

 he returned to Europe after an absence of two and a half 

 years. It will be thus evident that Herr Neumann's journey- 

 ings have been long and his collections extensive, and we 

 look forward with great interest to the issue of the second 

 and final portion of his account of them. 



