1890.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. II 



N. M. Romanoff, and is continued in the succeeding volumes. He has a 

 collection of Lepidoptera, and has corresponded and exchanged with Dr. 

 Strecker, of Reading, who has received many fine specimens from him. 



H. Skinner. 



Philadelphia's " White Pasha." — Dr. W. L. Abbott, an ornithologist 

 and entomologist, well known in Philadelphia, is making quite a reputation 

 in East Central Africa as an explorer and naturalist. Before leaving this 

 country he presented his fine collection of birds to the Philadelphia Acad- 

 emy. He also possessed a fine collection of Lepidoptera, mostly local 

 species. Dr. Abbott is a life member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 a graduate of the Towne Scientific School and the Medical Department 

 of the University of Pennsylvania, and member of the Royal College of 

 Physicians and Surgeons of England. He collected birds in the far West 

 in 1881, and birds and insects in Hayti in 1883, and presented the latter to 

 the American Entomological Society ; among these was a new species of 

 Anartia and other rarities. He was with Herr Ehlers, who recently 

 made the first successful ascent of Mt. Kilmanjaro, the highest mountain 

 in Africa. Dr. Abbott did not reach the summit, but broke down at 17,000 

 feet with heart dilatation, as he was convalescing from the African fever. 

 More birds have been collected by him than by any one who has visited 

 the Kilmanjaro region (550 species). At last accounts Dr. Abbott was 

 preparing a large expedition into Masai land. Stevens, the round-the- 

 world bicyclist, alludes to him quite frequently in his letters to the New 

 Vork World. He describes the natives as singing his praises as follows : 



"Our Wanyamwezi, marching together in the same regular order as 

 yesterday, struck up a vociferous and truly African refrain, while the rest 

 of the caravan sung the chorus. No matter' how hot the day or how tired 

 his limbs, the porter seems always ready to split his throat in singing and 

 shouting. For this or for dancing he seldom gets too tired. The Wan- 

 yamwezi are noted shouters. They commenced a song in praise of the 

 white man, and many joined in heartily. 



"Great is the mzunger ! Woh ! woh !" sung the melodists from the 

 Land of the Moon. 



"Woh ! woh ! woh ! the Mzu-u-gu-u-u ! woh !" chorused the caravan. 



" The Mzungu is great ! woh !" 



"Woh ! woh ! woh ! the Mzu-u-g-u-u ! woh !" 



" Great is the Merikain ! (Dr. Abbott, who is widely known by that 

 proud title among the natives of East Central Africa) woh !" 



" Woh ! woh ! woh ! the Merikain, woh !" 



" Our food is rice and fish ! woh !" 



" Woh ! woh ! woh ! rice and fish !" 



"Woh ! our food is rice and fish !" 



" Great is the Mzungu ! woh !" 



" Woh ! woh ! woh ! the Mzungu woh !" 



"He gives us rupees ! rupees !" 



"Woh ! woh ! woh ! he gives us rupees ! rupees ! woh !" — H . Skinner. 



