In the Press. 
The Natural. History 
Sokotra and Abd-el=Kuri. 
Edited by H. O. FORBES, LL.D. 




This volume contains the Report of the Results of a Scientific Expedition 
made to Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri in 1898-99, by W. R. Ocitvie-GRaNnt, of 
the British Museum, and Dr. H. O. Fores, Director of Museums to the 
Corporation of Liverpool. 
The volume will be illustrated with about 30 fine coloured plates, some 
of them beautifully Hand-Coloured, and numerous engravings throughout the 
text, illustrating the Scenery, Natives, Ethnology, Geology, Flora and Fauna, 
&c., of the Islands. 
The Islands lie near the East Coast of Africa, a little distance off Cape 
Guardafui. The extensive collections made by the expedition form the 
basis of the Report, but the volume is practically a 
MONOGRAPH OF THE ISLANDS, 
and contains all that is known of their History, which dates back to a very 
early period. Indeed, Sokotra may be one of the Islands from which the 
Monarchs of Ancient Egypt derived their coveted Frankincense and Myrrh. 
The work contains a narrative of the Journey, and detailed descriptions 
of the collections. - 
Among the contributors to the Report are :— 
Professor I. B. BALFOUR, F.R.S. 
G. A. BOULENGER, F.R.S. 
MALCOLM BURR, F.E.S. 
O. V. DARBISHIRE, B.A., Ph.D. 
W. E. DE WINTON, F.Z.S. 
HENRY O. FORBES, LL.D. 
Cc. J. GAHAN, M.A. 
Lieut.=<Colonel GODWIN-AUSTEN, F.R.S. 
W. R. OGILVIE-GRANT. 
Professor J. W. GREGORY, D.Sc. 
Sir GEORGE HAMPSON, Bart., M.A. 
E. M. HOLMES, F.L.S. 
G. W. KIRKALDY, F.E.S. 
W. F. KIRBY, F.L.S. 
R. I. POCOCK. 
E. A. SMITH, F.Z.S. 
Right Hon. Lord WALSINGHAM, F.R.S. 

Probable Price, 30/= net. 
The book is issued under the Authority of the Museums Committee of 
the Liverpool City Council, and will be published by Messrs. HENRY 
Youne & Sons, Liverpool. 


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