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should arrive. Their ofFer was accepted and but for their kindness 

 this collection would never hâve been made. They not onlv facili- 

 tated my work, but being interested in natural history, secured 

 many interesting spécimens for me during their spare moments, as 

 well as enlisted the services of a native hunter, who did some 

 useful work, especially amongst the mammals. It may be of interest 

 to sav that the compound on which the pumping station is situated 

 covers about 40 acres of cleared land and is neatly and well kept. 

 Ali the birds were taken hère or on the land surroundinaf it. The 

 pumping station is situated on the West side of the Iju Vallev. On 

 the extrême North-West, the highest part of the property, oranges, 

 limes, bananas, pineapples and numerous kinds of vegetables are 

 grown ; this is are the favourite haunt and nesting place of Sunbirds 

 and Weavers. FoUowing the slope in a South-Easterlv direction, 

 we corne to eut grass whereGoulds' Pippits abound and breed. Next 

 cornes the large cément storage-tanks and filter-beds where are to 

 be found plenty of Wagtails, Pippits, and occasional Hérons in 

 search of frogs and fish. From hère the water is pumped to higher 

 ground to find its way by gravitation to Lagos. Below the tanks 

 extends a strip of long grass and bush, (frequented by Rails, Quail, 

 Nightjars and many other birds), bevond which it merges into the 

 swampv overgrown Iju stream, which flows on to join the River 

 Ogun, distant about 4 '/^ miles. 



The land surrounding the works is mostlv farmed, where maize, 

 cocoa, rubber, cassava, yams, etc. are grown. The farming is of a 

 rough and ready sort, but excellent crops are procured. During 

 Februarv the natives were busv clearing the ground of weeds and 

 bush and burning it for the spring planting when the rains are 

 due about the end of the month. 



Over ail this cultivated ground are dotted tall trees, alive, dead, 

 or fallen and rotting. Some are old surviving giants of what was 

 originallv thick forest. They consist of Bombax, a few Mahoganv, 

 Accacia, Cocoa-nut, Edible-palms and manv others. vSome are so 

 high as to tax a 12 bore gun to its utmost. I found this a verv diffi- 

 cult country to work. In the first place it is densely overgrown and 

 secondly beneath the Cocoa bushes are a large accumulation of 



