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which forms, as I have shown above, in some cases the full 
summer-dress of a female Curlew-Sandpiper. 
Yours &e., 
Harry F. Wirnersy. 
11 Hereford Mansions, Hereford Road, 
London, W.., 
November 29th, 1906. 
The following letter from Mr. D. Carruthers to Sclater 1s 
dated “ Entebbe, Uganda, Sept. 6th, 1906” :— 
‘** As our expedition has now finished its work on Ruwen- 
zori, and I am just starting off on another expedition, I 
write to tell you of my plans. 
“ We effected a complete circuit of the whole range of 
Ruwenzori and made permanent collecting-camps at different 
points. On the western side we could not do much on the 
mountains because of hostile native tribes, but we were there 
long enough to see that there was not much different from 
what we had already got on the eastern side. We passed 
through a bit of the Congo Territory on our journey, and 
saw that there was a great deal of work yet to be done in those 
parts. So two members of our party are going back there, 
namely Messrs. Woosnam and Dent, while Mr. Wollaston 
and I are preparing to make a journey across to the West 
Coast. This will take us about seven months, and we ought 
to get a valuable collection on the way. 
“Our route will take us across Uganda to Lake Albert 
Edward and thence south to Lake Tanganyika, while on 
the way we shall make a special exploration of the great 
volcano situated at the north end of Lake Kivu. We shall 
then strike west until we reach the Congo waters, and follow 
that river down to its mouth. We shall cover a large bit 
of country and ought to get good results. If, however, 
Woosnam and Dent also return home vid the Congo Free 
State, they tend to take a line much further north than 
ours. Our combined collections ought to be thoroughly 
illustrative of the Fauna of the Congo Basin. 
“1 shall devote myself to the birds and mammals, and 
Wollaston will collect the plants, butterflies, and beetles. 
