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Between the 20tli of September and the 15th of November, 

 1904, Zaphiro collected in the neighbourhood of Addis 

 Abbaba. On the 13th of December he commenced working 

 southwards as far as Lake Zwai^ and remained in that neigh- 

 bourhood till the middle of February 1905. After another 

 interval of two months he left Acldis Abbaba on an extended 

 trip which lasted till the 25th of September,, 1905. Marching 

 westwards, his route, which can be followed in detail both in 

 the itinerary and on the map, led across the Gibbe and in 

 Didessa Rivers, through Guma, Gomma, Jimma, and Kaffa 

 to the Chai-ada "Forest, where nearly a fortnight was spent 

 with great profit at varying altitudes of from -1000 to 6000 ft,, 

 and many rare and interesting species of birds were procured. 

 Thence he continued his journey southwards through Konta, 

 Kullo, Gofa, IFba, and the lower Omo River to the north- 

 east end of Lake Rudolf, where he lingered for some days 

 before turning eastwards to Lake Stefanie. The return 

 journey northwards was by way of the Sagan River and 

 Konso along the western shores of the great chain of lakes 

 through Gamo, Baroda, Walamo, and Kambata. 



A magnificent collection of more than three thousand 

 bird-skins reached the Natural History Museum in 1906^ 

 and it seems necessary to offer some explanation and apology 

 to Mr. McMillan for the long delay which has occurred in 

 issuing a report which now appears for the first time. 

 When the collection arrived, my colleague, the late 

 Dr. Sharpe, expressed a wish to describe it himself. It 

 was therefore placed in cabinets to await a favourable 

 opportunity, which unfortunately never occurred up to 

 the time of his death in 1909. Feeling that the Trustees 

 of the Museum owed Mr. McMillan a very special debt of 

 gratitude for again placing a most valuable collection of 

 birds at their disposal, I have made every effort to get the 

 pi-esent report finished, but the many calls on my time have 

 greatly retarded the work. 



Mr. D. A. Bannerman, who kindly undertook to make a 

 preliminary examination of this large collection, has already 

 described three species and a subspecies as new in the 



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