304 A NATURALIST IN THE GUIANAS 



CONCLUSION 



It is now over eighteen months since the survivors of 

 the expedition to Ameha reached the settlement at La 

 Prision. Since then nothing has been heard of the other 

 members of this ill-fated expedition. 



Although the photographs taken above Para, and the 

 collections of birds, minerals, and plants from Ameha were 

 unfortunately lost, still the expedition cannot be said to 

 have been a failure, considering that we now have a 

 definite idea of the country traversed. The birds obtained 

 on the Nichare and on the lower reaches of the Caura, 

 which were sent to the Tring Museum, have been the 

 subject, in conjunction with collections made by Mr. 

 Cherrie and Mr. Klages, of a work by Count Hans von 

 Berlepsch and Dr. Ernst Hartert. This work will, I 

 understand from Dr. Hartert, be included in vol. ix. of 

 ' Novitates Zoologicae.' I was fortunate enough to 

 obtain some new species and a good many rare and inter- 

 esting birds, and have thus been instrumental in adding 

 something to our knowledge of the ornithology of this 

 interesting region. If I succeed in fulfilling the promise 

 I have made myself of revisiting Ameha and of reaching, 

 if possible, the distant villages on the Parime mountains, 

 I shall have satisfied the keenest desire of my life. 



TiuNiPAD : November 15, 190-'. 



