554 On Birds collected in East Africa. 



No. 150. S- Turquel, Siik, Jan. 3, 1890. 

 No. 215. 2- Turquel, Siik, Jan. 29, 1890. 



299. ACRYLLIUM VULTURINUM. 



Acryllium vulturinum (Hardw.) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. i. 

 p. 381 (1884; Ronga River and Litema Mts.) ; id. J. f. O. 

 1885j p. 119 (Barawa, Massa, Pangani River from Mkramo to 

 Aruscha) . 



Numida vulturina, Hardw. ; Finscli & Hart). Vog. Ost- 

 Afr. p. 575 (1870) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 371 (Useri 

 River, Tana River, Duruna River). 

 No. 6. 6 ad. Butzuma, Teita, Dec. 6, 1888. 



Conclusion. 



The concluding remarks on Mr. Jackson's famous col- 

 lection must of necessity be brief, for the story has been told 

 in the foregoing pages, so far as the record of the specimens 

 is concerned. As regards the notes which Mr. Jackson has 

 appended to the latter, they are sufficient to show the care 

 with which he worked ; but it is only just to him to say that 

 these notes are taken from his rough ' Diary,' and it is to be 

 hoped that he will before long find time to give us a paper on 

 the habits and distribution of the birds observed by him during 

 his adventurous journey. As Englishmen, we must all be 

 proud of our countryman, whose many responsibilities can 

 have left him but little leisure for the observation of Natural 

 History ; and it is to be wished that there were a few more 

 explorers imbued like Mr. Jackson with the love of science, 

 and sustained by the energy which enables a naturalist, after 

 a hard day's march, to work till the small hours of the morn- 

 ing in preparing the specimens procured at random during the 

 day. It is the lustre which rewards scientific exploration 

 like that of Emin Pasha which will also be the meed of 

 travellers like Mr. Jackson ; and, however remarkable may 

 be the energy which carries a man through vast and in- 

 hospitable forests, or the heroism which uproots the flags of 

 a friendly nation, there will be a more enduring reward in 

 future for the traveller who not only traverses unknown 



