THE IBIS. 



NINTH SERIES. 



No. III. JULY 1912. 



XXT.— On the Birds of Ngamiland. By W . R. Ogilvie- 

 Grant, M.B.O.U. JVith Itinerary and Field-Notes Inj 

 R. B. WoosNAM, M.B.O.U. 



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It had long been the ambition of INIr. R. B. "^Voosnam to 

 make an expedition into the heart of the Kalahari Desert, 

 and as I was equally anxiotis to procure zoological collec- 

 tions from Ngamiland for the Natural History Museum, I 

 was olad to assist him in carrying out this project. Thanks 

 to the generosity of the Duke of Bedford^ Lord Iveagh, 

 Sir Andrew Noble, Mr. Rowland Ward, and the late Mr. C. 

 Czarnikow, considerable funds were obtained for the pur- 

 pose ; also, through the intervention of Dr. P. L. Sclater, a 

 sum of .€100 was specially granted by the Royal Society to 

 assist in making a collection of the Fishes of Lake Ngami, 

 It was most important that the collection of Fishes should 

 be as complete as possible, for there is a very special 

 interest attaching to them, and, as the lake is rapidly be- 

 coming dry, the extermination of many of the peculiar 

 species is probably only a matter of time. 



Mr. Woosnam was fortunate enough to obtain the help 

 and companionship of the Hon. Gerald Legge, who was 

 also one of the members of the recent expedition to 

 Ruwenzori, and he very kindly not only contributed to- 

 wards the expenses of the trip, but rendered much valuable 

 service in collecting specimens. 



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