188 Leiler.s, Extracts, and Notes. 



On leavinoj Kuraassi Mr. Alexander was sent with a 

 column o£ Hausas to Gambaga, the head-quarters of the 

 northern territories, where he met with many interesting 

 forms of bird-life. From Gambaga he trekked in May, 1901, 

 to Salaga, and thence on to the river Volta, finally reaching 

 the coast at Accra. His collection of birds formed during 

 this expedition numbers nearly 1,100 specimens. 



In 1902, when be had completed the description of his 

 Gold Coast collections, Alexander visited the island of 

 Fernando Po, and discovered a large number of new species, 

 including the remarkable long-tailed tree-warbler {Urolais 

 mario'), representing a new genus and species. From 1904 

 to 1907 he was engaged in the Alexander-Gosling Expedition, 

 which crossed Africa from the Niger to the Nile and explored 

 the countries bordering Lake Chad. The new species of 

 birds obtained by him on this journey were some 29 in 

 number. 



On his last journey Alexander first visited the islands of 

 San Thome, Principe, and Annabon, in the Gulf of Guinea, 

 on each of which he made a complete collection of birds. 

 After touching at Fernando Po he crossed to Cameroon, 

 ascending the peak and making extensive collections. 

 Thence he proceeded to Lake Chad, and met with his death 

 on the confines of Wadai on the 22nd of April last. 



Descriptions of all the Collections except those of the 

 last journey, which have been only lately received, were 

 written by Alexander himself and published in this Journal. 

 It is hoped that a general catalogue of his Bird-collection may 

 be prepared and published with the dates and exact localities 

 of every specimen. 



Death of Captain Shelley. — With much regret we announce 

 the death of Captain George Ernest Shelley, F.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U., of 30 Egerton Gardens, South Kensington, which 

 took place at Bournemouth on the 29th of November last. 

 We hope to be able to give some account of the life and work 

 of this distinguished Ornithologist in our next number. 



