﻿THE 
  IBIS. 
  

  

  SIXTH 
  SERIES. 
  

  

  No. 
  XVII. 
  JANUARY 
  1893. 
  

  

  I. 
  — 
  List 
  of 
  Birds 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alexander 
  Whyte, 
  F.Z.S., 
  

   in 
  Nyassaland. 
  By 
  Captain 
  G. 
  E. 
  Shelley, 
  F.Z.S. 
  

   With 
  a 
  Preface 
  by 
  The 
  Editor. 
  

  

  (Plates 
  I.-III.) 
  

  

  a. 
  P^'eface. 
  By 
  The 
  Editob. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  ^ 
  Proceedings' 
  of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  of 
  London 
  

   for 
  1891 
  * 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  a 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  discussion 
  on 
  the 
  

   new 
  territory 
  called 
  '' 
  British 
  Central 
  Africa/' 
  which 
  was 
  

   held 
  by 
  the 
  Society 
  on 
  May 
  5th 
  of 
  that 
  year, 
  and 
  which 
  

   mainly 
  served 
  to 
  show 
  how 
  little 
  was 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  

   fauna 
  of 
  this 
  extensive 
  region. 
  It 
  was 
  then 
  announced 
  on 
  

   the 
  part 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Johnston, 
  C.B., 
  F.Z.S., 
  H.B.M. 
  

   Commissioner, 
  that 
  he 
  wished 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  thorough 
  examina- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  fauna, 
  flora, 
  and 
  geology 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  district 
  

   under 
  his 
  charge, 
  and 
  for 
  that 
  purpose 
  had 
  engaged 
  

   Mr. 
  Alexander 
  Whyte, 
  F.Z.S., 
  to 
  accompany 
  him 
  as 
  Natu- 
  

   ralist 
  and 
  to 
  dcA'ote 
  himself 
  to 
  the 
  scientific 
  exploration 
  of 
  

   the 
  country. 
  A 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  meeting 
  in 
  question, 
  

   Mr. 
  Whyte 
  and 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Johnston's 
  Staff, 
  under 
  the 
  

  

  * 
  Soe 
  P.Z. 
  S. 
  1891, 
  p. 
  301. 
  

   SER. 
  VI. 
  VOL. 
  V, 
  B 
  

  

  