TRANSACTIONS 



THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 

 OF LONDON. 



ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS 



RUWENZORI EXPEDITION, 1905-1906. 



1. PEEPAOE. 



Eeceived and read November 17, 1908. 



JiiVEB, since its discovery by Sir Henry Stanley in 1888, the great range of mountains 

 in Equatorial Africa known as Ruwenzori, or the " Mountains of the Moon," has 

 attracted the attention of naturalists in all parts of the world, especially in Europe 

 and America. The isolated position and the great altitude attained by the forest-clad, 

 snow-capped peaks, rising to nearly 17,000 feet, made it certain that a rich and 

 peculiar Fauna and Flora must await the investigations of the explorer. 



With a view to benefiting the British Museum (Natural History), I therefore 

 determined, if possible, to be first in the field ; but the task of raising sufficient 

 funds for the purpose of sending out a large and properly equipped expedition took 



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