﻿Letters, 
  Exti^acts, 
  Notices, 
  S^c. 
  161 
  

  

  Naturalists 
  Abroad 
  and 
  at 
  Home. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  O. 
  V. 
  Aplin 
  has 
  

   arrived 
  at 
  his 
  collecting-station 
  — 
  an 
  estancia 
  in 
  the 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Soriano^ 
  in 
  Uruguay, 
  between 
  the 
  rivers 
  Monzon 
  

   and 
  Rio 
  Grande. 
  It 
  is 
  QQ 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  nearest 
  railway- 
  

   station, 
  but 
  seems 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  excellent 
  place 
  for 
  his 
  

   purpose, 
  with 
  a 
  varied 
  surface 
  of 
  wood 
  and 
  water, 
  and 
  " 
  birds 
  

   abundant." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  R. 
  C. 
  L. 
  Perkins, 
  the 
  naturalist 
  sent 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  

   Committee 
  for 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Exploration 
  of 
  the 
  Sandwich 
  

   Islands, 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Kona, 
  in 
  Hawaii, 
  at 
  the 
  date 
  

   of 
  his 
  last 
  letters. 
  We 
  owe 
  the 
  Committee 
  our 
  best 
  thanks 
  

   for 
  allowing 
  us 
  to 
  publish 
  Mr. 
  Perkinses 
  very 
  interesting 
  

   notes 
  on 
  the 
  avifauna 
  of 
  this 
  district 
  (see 
  above, 
  p. 
  101). 
  

  

  We 
  learn 
  with 
  great 
  satisfaction 
  that 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  G. 
  Gregory, 
  

   of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Department, 
  British 
  Museum, 
  has 
  received 
  

   the 
  permission 
  of 
  the 
  Trustees 
  to 
  accompany, 
  as 
  naturalist, 
  

   Lieut. 
  Villiers's 
  new 
  expedition 
  into 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Eastern 
  

   Africa. 
  The 
  original 
  intention 
  of 
  this 
  expedition 
  was 
  to 
  

   proceed 
  up 
  the 
  Juba, 
  but 
  we 
  are 
  told 
  that 
  at 
  this 
  season 
  the 
  

   Jiiba 
  is 
  unnavigable 
  for 
  want 
  of 
  water. 
  The 
  party 
  will, 
  

   therefore, 
  probably 
  go 
  up 
  the 
  Tana 
  to 
  Mount 
  Kenia, 
  and 
  

   thence 
  to 
  Lake 
  Rudolf, 
  returning 
  through 
  Northern 
  Somali- 
  

   land. 
  There 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  this 
  route 
  passes 
  through 
  

   a 
  most 
  interesting 
  and, 
  zoologically, 
  almost 
  unknown 
  dis- 
  

   trict, 
  and 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Gregory 
  has 
  a 
  splendid 
  field 
  for 
  his 
  

   investigations. 
  

  

  Three 
  of 
  the 
  Dundee 
  whalers 
  which 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  Ant- 
  

   arctic 
  Seas 
  carry 
  surgeons 
  specially 
  selected 
  for 
  their 
  scien- 
  

   tific 
  qualifications. 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Bruce, 
  the 
  surgeon 
  of 
  the 
  

   'Balsena^ 
  (Capt. 
  Fairweather), 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  complete 
  equip- 
  

   ment 
  for 
  biological 
  collecting 
  of 
  every 
  description, 
  and 
  a 
  

   " 
  large 
  and 
  representative 
  collection 
  of 
  birds 
  " 
  is 
  expected 
  to 
  

   be 
  obtained. 
  Good 
  series 
  of 
  the 
  Penguins 
  and 
  Petrels 
  of 
  the 
  

   South 
  Polar 
  Ocean 
  will 
  add 
  much 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  these 
  

   groups. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  T. 
  Jeffery 
  Parker, 
  F.R.S., 
  of 
  Dunedin, 
  Otago, 
  New 
  Zea- 
  

   land, 
  who 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  will 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  

   Cranial 
  Osteology, 
  Classification, 
  and 
  Phylogeny 
  of 
  the 
  

  

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