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rocky, the whole country is hilly, even mountainous and 

 the river forms a whole series of rapids and roaring water- 

 falls, caused by the same range of mountains as those of 

 the Du Queah. The highest elevation of this part of the 

 country is the Gallilee Mountain, about 1200 feet above 

 the sea , and entirely covered with primeval forest. From 

 his residences Mount Olive and Owen's Grove (two 

 of the mentioned Missionnary Stations) Mr. Stampfli made 

 several excursions to this district , where the river, at some 

 places, is not more than 4 miles distant from the Du Queah. 



Mr. Stampfli's collection contains about 250 specimens , 

 representing 92 species , one of which , Bubo lettii (conf. 

 N. L. M. 1889, p. 34), is new to science. It is, as the 

 accompanying plate will show , a very peculiar and inte- 

 resting form , which has no near ally, known as yet from 

 the old world. 



As Mr. Stampfli does not return to Liberia again, there 

 is little chance for the present to obtain any more objects 

 from that country, though no doubt a considerable num- 

 ber of species will have escaped our observation. 



The species, hitherto obtained by us in Liberia, and of 

 which a full list will be given at the end of this paper, 

 have now reached the number of 229, and in this paper 

 eleven of them are for the first time recorded from Liberia. 



1. Asturinula monogr ammica (Temm.). 

 Astur monogr ammicus , Bütt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 152. 

 An adult female, Mount Olive, Farmingtou R. 



2. Astur macroscelides (Hartl.). 

 Nisw macroscelides, Bütt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 153; id. 1888, p. ii:l. 

 Three specimens , Mount Olive and Schieffeliusville. 



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