220 Mr. D. A. Buiniermau on a CoHectlon. of 



way 11}) tlie West Coast of Africa to Sierra Leone, and 

 returned thence to Capetown in April^ 1911. lie was 

 anxious tliat Mr. Lowe should remain on the ' Mutine ' 

 and continue his work up the south-east coast as far as 

 Zululand ; but the possibilities of landing on those storm- 

 beaten shores seemed so remote that tliis part of the original 

 programme was abandoned, and Mr. Lowe returned to 

 England with his collections. This decision was, no doubt, 

 Avise, for Captain Hardy subsequently informed us that he 

 had met with very rough weather, and had been unable to 

 land anywhere during his trip up the south-east coast. 



The collection includes examples of three new species, 

 St/lviel/a lowei, Sijh'iella /tardi/i, and CinnT/ris kruensis 

 (which have already been described in the ' Bulletin ' of the 

 British Ornithologists' Club), besides interesting coastal 

 formsj such as Anihiis (jouldi^ Mirafra occiden talis, and 

 D'tcrurus ass'tmilis utactas. 



The female of Pyrontelana aurea is described for the first 

 time, from an example w Inch Mr. Lowe obtained at St. Paul 

 de Loanda. 



The majority of the s[)ecimens Avere procured in Liberia. 

 Sixteen species have been added to the List of Birds of 

 that country which was compiled by Mr. Charles Chubb, 

 and ])ublished in the second volume of Sir Harry Johnston's 

 Avork on Liberia (1906). 



The following is a list of the species which have been 

 added to the known avifauna of Liberia; all the specimens 

 Avere obtained in the costal districts, and the exact localities 

 are recorded in the following pages. 



Dioruvus asfiim'dis atactus, 

 Anthus gouldi. 

 Cimiyris krKcnsis. 

 Anthvthreptes iephrolce^na. 

 ( \imaroptera chrysocnemU. 

 Hirtindu griscojiyya . 

 Fsalidopt-ocne obsciira. 

 Coccystes ylandorinn. 



Chrysococcyx smaraydineus. 

 Ca2)rimtdgus accrcp. 

 Strepsilas mterpres. 

 Squatarola helvetica. 

 Sterna maxima. 

 Oceanitcs occaniais. 

 Turtiir erylhrops. 

 Turni.v lepuraiia. 



(Buteo ciKfjuruUs Avas identified by j\Ir. Lowe, but not 

 procute;!), 



