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Apalis denti Grant, Bull. B. O. C. six. p. 86 (1907). 



„ affinis „ „ xvi. p. 116 (1906). 



Sylviella denti „ „ six. p. 21 (1906). 



Alethe woosnami ,, „ six. p. 24 (1906). 



„ carruthersi ,. ,, xix. p. 25 (1906). 



Phyllanthus czarnikowi „ „ xix. p. 40 (1907). 



Bleda woosnami „ ,, xix. p. 87 (1907). 



Tarsiger ruwenzori „ ,, xix. p. 3:> (1906). 



Chloropeta gracilirostris .... „ „ xix. p. 33 (1906). 



Erythrocercus congieus „ „ xix. p. 41 (1907). 



Trochocercus bedfordi „ ,, xix. p. 40 (1907). 



Cryptolopha alpina „ „ xvi. p. 117 (1906). 



Gymnobucco sladeni „ „ xix. p. 42 (1907). 



Barbatula mfumbiri „ ,, xix. p. 107 (1907). 



Cypselus maximus „ „ xix. p. 56 (1907). 



Capriiuulgus ruwenzorii .... „ ,, xxiii. p. 94 (1909). 



The following new species from Sierra Leone is also described in the present 



work : — 



Cinnyris kempi Grant, see p. 329. 



Throughout this Report I have quoted Dr. Eeichenow's ' Die Vogel Afrikas.' which 

 is the only descriptive work dealing with the Birds of Africa as a whole. The value of 

 this great work is generally admitted, but its scientific usefulness is in many respects 

 greatly lessened owing to the way in which the writings of other ornithologists have 

 been treated or even ignored by the author. In many instances perfectly distinct and 

 well-characterised species, which have not been examined by Dr. Eeichenow, are 

 suppressed and placed in the synonymy of some more or less allied form, while quite a 

 number of supposed geographical races described at length by the author appear to 

 have no real existence. 



Though much of the information contained in the ' Vogel Afrikas ' is derived from 

 t he twenty-seven volumes of the 'Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum,' that 

 great work is only referred to in the case of the new species of African birds described 

 therein. On the other hand, some comparatively useless works are quoted in the 

 synonymy. 



In the lists of specimens procured by the Expedition the letter " d." placed over 

 some of the collectors' numbers indicates that those examples were duplicates not 

 retained in the series kept for the British Museum. The initials within the brackets 

 signify the name of the collector, thus :— R. E. D. (=R. E. Dent); D. C. (=Douglas 

 Carruthers); G. L. (=Hon. Gerald Legge) and R. B. W. (=R. B. Woosnam). 



The field-notes and observations by Mr. Woosnam on the local range of the various 

 species will be found in square brackets with his initials appended to them. 



