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serving in the E,.A.F., lias charge of the portion of the 

 Cape to Cairo route between Abercorn at the south end of 

 Lake Tanganyilca and Bulawayo. 



From the last nunaber of tlie ' Auk ' we learn that 

 American collectors and observers are also returning to 

 the field. Mr. Roy C. Andrews of the American Museum 

 has gone back to China to continue his work there, and 

 Mr. Klages, a well-known bird-collector, is making a trip 

 tiirough French Guiana to the Amazon. In February last 

 Captain William Beebe left New York with a party which 

 will establish themselves in the Tropical Research Station of 

 the New York Zoological Society in British Guiana, where 

 work of niuch importance will be carried on. 



Mr. Fleming's Museum. 



One of the largest private collections of birds in North 

 America is that of ]Mr. J. H. Fleming, M.B.O.U. He has 

 recently completed a census and has communicated the 

 figures to the ' Auk.' The collection is not confined to 

 North American species, but covers the birds of the world. 

 We learn that it comprises about 25,000 specimens, repre- 

 senting 5377 s[)ecies and 1925 genera as recognized in 

 Sliarpe's Hand-list. When we note that there are, 

 according to this authority, some 17,000 species of birds 

 and 2647 genera, we realize that Mr. Fleming has about 

 one-third of the known species and three-fourths of the 

 genera represented, the latter being evidence of the pains- 

 taking care that he has exercised in bringing together this 

 notable series of specimens. 



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