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member of the expedition. Capt. Gosling died of blackwater 

 fever, of which he had had a previous attack. Capt. Alexander 

 was himself in good health, and. was leaving the next day for 

 Dongu, whence he intended to try to go up the Kibali and 

 find a way across to the Nile by that route. If he succeeds 

 in this he will probably come out at Wadelai. 



At the last meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club 

 (see Bull. B. 0. C. xvi. p. 121) three new species of birds 

 (Thamnolcea claudi, Fringillaria goslingi, and Pytelia lopezi) 

 were described from the collections of this expedition which 

 had already reached London. 



The Ruwenzori Expedition. — It is very satisfactory to learn 

 that Mr. Woosnam's expedition (see above, p. 613) continues 

 to make good progress. Mr. Carruthers, writing from the 

 new camp at the south end of the Range on June 15th last, 

 says : — 



"At the present time we have got just two thousand bird- 

 skins, and hope to be able to add another thousand to the 

 collection during the next four months. We are now 

 encamped at the S.E. end of the range, but in a few weeks 

 we shall move to the N.E., where we expect to work for the 

 remainder of our time/' 



Mr. Carruthers's last letter is dated April 20th, 1906, 

 from the camp at the south end of Ruwenzori. He writes : — 



"About a week ago we left our camp in the Mabuka 

 Valley, and travelled south along the base of the mountain, 

 getting into a great low-lying plain. After four days' 

 march we found ourselves in an uninhabited and almost 

 waterless country, so we had to return to a village, where 

 there is a stream of good water and many banana-groves. 

 Here we pitched our camp on a little hill overlooking the 

 most magnificent view. 



" The whole country and vegetation change at the south 

 end of Ruwenzori; there is no elephant-grass nor great 

 forests. The mountains drop away very suddenly into small 

 hills covered with short grass. The plain is like a huge 



