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Malay Peninsula, where the mountains are said to reach 

 from 10,000 to 12,000 feet in altitude, and fine novelties 

 may be expceted to occur. 



Mr. John Whitehead, who has been in Palawan, and sent 

 home the fine collection described by Mr. Sharpe in our last 

 number, will make another expedition up Kinabalu before his 

 return home, and will doubtless obtain further novelties in 

 this most interesting locality. 



Mr. Godman, whose absence in Mexico was spoken of in 

 our last number, is expected home in the middle of June, 

 and has, we hear, made considerable collections in many 

 departments of zoology. 



Canon Tristram has been spending the spring months in 

 the Canary Islands, and collecting birds with his habitual 

 energy. We have no doubt that, on his return, our excellent 

 coadjutor will let us have the benefit of his experiences for 

 this Journal. 



Under the instructions of a joint Committee of the Royal 

 Society and British Association, of which Prof, Flower is 

 the Chairman, an attempt is being made to obtain a better 

 knowledge of the Fauna and Flora of the Lesser Antilles. 

 Mr. George A. Ramage, the naturalist employed by the 

 Committee, has commenced his labours in Dominica, Avliere 

 he receives the efficient support of Dr. Nicholls, and will 

 pass on subsequently to the more northern islands of the 

 Leeward group. 



Mr. C. M. Woodford, who so efficiently explored the orni- 

 thology of the Solomon Islands (see P. Z. S. 1888, pt. ii.), 

 has departed on a new expedition to some of the less -known 

 adjoining groups of the South Pacific, such as the Louisiadcs 

 and Santa-Cruz group, where this excellent collector will, no 

 doubt, make many discoveries. 



From Petermann's 'Mittheilungen^ we learn that General 

 Prjevalsky will start in August next on his fourth journey into 

 Central Asia. He will be equipped for two years' travel, 

 the ultimate destination of his expedition being Lhassa, the 

 capital of Tibet. The General will be accompanied by an 

 escort of 28 persons, including 12 Cossacks and two scien- 



