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of new vertebrates too. Twenty-five new species of birds were 

 discovered, the classification of which was greatly facilitated with 

 the aid of Reichenow's great work on African ornithology. 



The ethnographical-anthropological results were as follows: 

 1,017 skulls and about 4,000 ethnographica were collected, 4,500 

 people measured, 700 photographs and thirty-six plaster of paris 

 masks taken (eight Batwa and five Wambutti amongst them), and 

 87 phonograms and 37 languages recorded. A preliminary 

 report from Czekanowski's pen on the anthropological-ethno- 

 graphical labours of the expedition during the period from the 

 1st of June, 1907, to the ist of August, 1908 (including an ethno- 

 graphical chart of the Nile-Congo-Intermediate territory), is to 

 be found in the Zeitschrift fiir Etimologie, Jahrgang, 1909, 

 volume V. 



Such, in broad outlines, are the scientific results of our ex- 

 pedition into the heart of Africa in so far as they can be summed 

 up at present. They have not been left without recognition by 

 the critical experts of the Royal Berlin Museums, and should 

 they on closer investigation prove to be a valuable contribution to 

 our knowledge of Equatorial Africa, as is confidently expected, 

 we shall think ourselves fully rewarded for our labours and 

 hardships. 



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