122 Occasional ^'vtes. 



(6) Plate No, V. illustrates an albino specimen of 

 Erytliropygia pcena (Smith's Ground Robin), together with 

 another of normal plumage for comparison. The albino, sex 

 unknown, wa.i obtained at Warmbaths, some few miles north 

 of Pretoria, in April 1904, and is now in the Transvaal 

 Museum at Pretoria. The photograph is by Mr. C. B. Hors- 

 brugh, of that Institution. 



(7) Mr. J. D. Hamlyn, of liondon, recently concluded a 

 collecting trip in Cape Colony and the Orange River Colony, 

 returning to England with a considerable number of live 

 birds and animals ; included amongst the latter were Eland, 

 AVhite-tailed Wildebeeste, Springbok, Blesbok, and four Cape 

 Sea-Lions. Arnongst the birds obtained were specimens of 

 Ila'matopiis moquini (Black Oyster-catcher), Eutohnaetus 

 bellicosus (Martial Eagle), Spheniscns demersus (Jackass 

 Penguin), Gyps kolhii (Kolbe's Vulture), and many Passerine 

 species. Most of these animals and birds were deposited in 

 the Zoological Society's Gardens, but the majority will 

 probably pass into the hands of different collectors. 



(8) The cruise of Lord Crawford's fine yacht the ' Val- 

 halla ' came to an end in the spring. Those who were lucky 

 enough to participate in it must have had a delightful and 

 interesting ornithological journey. The route taken was via, 

 Grand Canary, St. Paul's Island, Bahia (where the island of 

 Jtaparica was visited and where some of the party caught 

 malaria), South Trinidad Island, Tristan d'Acunha, Cape 

 Town (where the party visited the Penguin rookeries on 

 Dassen Island), Durban, Mayotta (one of the Comoro Islands), 

 North-east Madagascar, Glorioso Island, Assumption Island, 

 Aldabra, and the Seychelles, and then home via Aden and 

 the Canal. 



Mr. M, J. Nicoll preserved over five hundred birds besides 

 mammals and fishes, all of which were presented to the British 

 Museum. Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo accompanied the 

 expedition. 



