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at Giza, who devotes his spare time to the study of birds, 

 and who will some day^ I hope, be able to give us a Manual 

 of its Avifauna. In the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan there is 

 likewise an excellent Ornithologist, Mr. R. L. Butler, the 

 Game-Warden of the country, who has already written for 

 ' The Ibis ' a most interesting article on its birds. 



Mr. F. J. Jackson will, we hope, in spite of the special 

 duties which his high office entail, still find time to employ 

 collectors, so that we may some day expect from him a 

 comprehensive account of the birds of British East Africa, 

 which he knows so well. 



Passing over the Victoria Nyanza into Uganda, we must 

 not forget to congratulate Mr. Ogilvie-Grant and the 

 members of the Buwenzori Expedition upon the success 

 that has attended their venture. The spoils have now all 

 arrived at the British Museum, and we trust that no diffi- 

 culties will be met with in the proposed plan of giving the 

 results to the world in a special publication. The Fauna of 

 Buwenzori, so far as it is known, is well worthy of such a 

 special volume, which will form a good foundation for the 

 work of future explorers. 



On the western side of the great continent excellent 

 work has lately been done by Mr. Bates in several depart- 

 ments of zoology. Dr. Bowdler Sharpe is now engaged in 

 finishing a series of articles (published in ' The Ibis ') upon 

 Mr. Bates's large collections of birds from Camaroon. 

 Amongst these are many novelties, and the account of them 

 is happily enriched by the addition of extracts from Mr. 

 Bates's instructive field-notes. 



Mr. Boyd Alexander's adventurous journey from Lake 

 Chad to the Upper Nile will likewise add greatly to our 

 knowledge of the Soudanese Avifauna. His collection of 

 birds is considerable, and when worked but, as will shortly 

 be the case, will supply results of no ordinary interest. 



We must now turn our attention to South Africa, where 

 the recently founded Union of South African Ornithologists 

 continues to send forth a series of excellent papers in 

 its own Journal. The last number that has reached me 



