BIRDS COLLECTED BY DR. W. L. ABBOTr LN THE KILL 

 MANJARO RE(iI()N, EAST AFRICA. 



By Harry C. Oberholser, 



Assidanl OrnitlKhloylat, Dejiarfmcnt of Agriculture. 



The tirst collection of birds received hy the United States National 

 Museum from the well-known and generous traveler and collector, 

 Dr. W. L. Abbott, was gathered by him on famous Mount Kiliman- 

 jaro and in the neighboring region east and south, chiefly during the 

 years 1888 and 188i». 



Doctor Abbott reached Kidudwe, !»() miles inland from Zanzibar, in 

 December, 1887, journeying thence to Taveta, in southeastern British 

 East Africa, which latter place formed, as it were, his base of opera- 

 tions for the two years that followed. Collecting- was assiduous!}^ 

 carried on at various places in the environs of Taveta, and trips were 

 made to Lake Jipe, Lake Chala, Ivahe, Aruscha-wa-chini, and the Useri 

 River, while Mount Kilimanjaro itself was several times ascended and 

 collections made at various altitudes up to 14,000 feet. Early in Jaiui- 

 ary of 1890 the Teita Hills were visited, and about the middle of the 

 same month Mombasa on the coast was finally reached. The localities 

 at which birds were obtained, together w^th the months in which the 

 respective collecting was done, are given below: 



Kidudwe. — In German P^ast Africa, DO miles inland from Zanzi})ar. 

 December, 1887. 



Mount Kilimanjaro. — On the boundary between German East Africa 

 and British East Africa, but l3'ing mostly in the former, about 350 

 miles from the coast, and some 450 miles southeast of Victoria Nyanza; 

 altitude 19,780 feet. April, May, June, July, August, and Novem- 

 ber, 1888; August, September, November, and December, 1889; Jan- 

 uary, 1890. 



Foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. — At the southeast side. April, 1888. 



Ma7idara''s, Mount Kilimanjaro. — On the mountain, at 5,000 feet. 

 August and September, 1889. 



Maranu.^ Mount Kilimanjaro. — On the southeastern slope of the 

 mountain, at 5,000 feet. Possibly the same as Marangu. April and 

 September, 1888. 



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