ON THE EXPLORATION OF KILIMA-NJARO. 68L 
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Third Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir J. Hooker, Dr. 
Ginter, Mr. Howarp SAunDERS, and Mr. ScLaTER (Secretary), 
appointed for the purpose of exploring Kilima-nyaro and the 
adjoining Mountains of Equatorial Africa. 
1. In their last report, presented at Montreal, the Committee stated 
the arrangements that they had made with Mr. H. H. Johnston for 
undertaking an expedition to Kilima-njaro, and gave extracts from Mr. 
Johnston’s letters showing the progress of his expedition up to May 1884. 
2. Mr. Johnston returned to this country in December last, and gave 
an account of his expedition to the Royal Geographical Society at their 
meeting on January 26, 1885,' which is published in their Journal. 
3. Mr. Johnston there tells us he was much hampered, as regards 
collecting, by the desertion of two natives whom he had taken out with 
him from Zanzibar as collectors. The consequence of this was that the 
collections, although containing many objects of great interest, are not so 
large as the Committee could have wished. 
4. The Committee requested Captain Shelley to prepare a report on 
the birds collected by Mr. Johnston, and Mr. F. D. Godman on the 
butterflies of his collection, after which the first sets in both these 
collections were handed over to the British Museum. 
5. All the other zoological collections were likewise handed over to 
_ the British Museum, with a request to the Director that reports might be 
prepared for publication on such portions of them as seemed to be of 
sufficient interest. 
6. The following reports on the zoological collections made by Mr. 
H. H. Johnston have already been published in the ‘ Proceedings’ of the 
Zoological Society for this year :— 
(1) General Observations on the Fauna of Kilima-njaro. By H. H. 
Johnston. P.Z.S., 1885, p. 214. 
(2) Report on the Mammals obtained and observed by Mr. H. H. 
Johnston on Mount Kilima-njaro. By Oldfield Thomas, F.Z.S. P.Z.S., 
, 1885, p. 219. 
(3) On the Collection of Birds made by Mr. H. H. Johnston in the 
_ Kilima-njaro District. By Captain G. EH. Shelley, F.Z.S.; with Field- 
_ notes by Mr. H. H. Johnston, F.R.G.S. P.Z.S., 1885, p. 222. 
; (4) On the Insects collected on Kilima-njaro by Mr. H. H. Johnston. 
By Charles O. Waterhouse. P.Z.S., 1885, p. 230. 
(5) Note on a Nematoid Worm (Gordius verrucosus) obtained by 
Mr. H. H. Johnston on Kilima-njaro. By F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A., F.Z.S. 
P.Z.S8., 1885, p. 236. 
(6) Description of a New Variety of River-Crab, of the genus 
Thelphusa, from Kilima-njaro. By E. J. Miers, F.L.S., F.Z.S. P.Z.S., 
1885, p. 237. 
(7) A List of the Lepidoptera collected by Mr. H. H. Johnston during 
his recent expedition to Kilima-njaro. By F. D. Godman, F.R.S., &e. 
P.Z.S., 1885, p. 537. 
7. The botanical collections were handed over to the Royal Herba- 
rium at Kew, where they have been arranged and named. A set of 
them has been sent to the British Museum. The report upon them is 
ready, and will be presented to the Linnzan Society for publication. 
? See Jown. Proc. Roy. Geogr. Soc., 1885, p. 137. 
