AITHXDIX H 



A Synopsis of Herr C. G. Schillings' 

 Collection of Birds 



coMi'ii.Ki) i;v 



PROFESSOR A. RKICIIKNO\V 



WITH REMARKS TI'OX THKIR DISTRIBUTION AND HABITS 

 MY C. <). SCHILLINGS 



I I I : > collection ot birds brought together by I I err 

 C. (i. Schillings, as the result chietly ot his last 

 three expeditions in Mast Africa, and in part presented 

 by him to the. Royal Zoological Museum in Berlin, com- 

 prises more than i ,oco skins, belonging to ;, 5 5 species, 

 and is one ot the most comprehensive ever yet achieved 

 in those; regions. I ' ntortunately, a number ot other 

 skins about ^50 in all were lost by the collector during 

 their transport to luirope. 



Besides live newly discovered forms namely, /'.u //</<? - 

 ;'i/V iifncauut sc/i/7/in^si H rl. ; /'/<.vr//x si'/ii//in^si , Rcl", w. : 

 E)-\throp\gia filcbcia, Rchw. ; ( isliio/a <c!nl/ni^>i. Rchw. ; 

 ami Lalainocichla scJu/liii^si. Ri'hw. a number ot these: 

 ha\'e now been found for the first time m the country 

 traversed, such as Rccitri'irostra ai'Cu'lta : /:///<'(/( //.> 



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