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collected a considerable number of rare and interesting 

 birds and mammals. The bird-famia strongly approaches 

 that of Ruwenzori, though a few endemic forms occur. 

 Among other rarities, I collected a pair of Francolinus 

 nobilis Rchw., formerly only known from the female type. 

 Also a fine series of Nectarinia dartmouthi or a closely-allied 

 race. 



" From the Volcanic Region we went down to Lake Kivu 

 and explored the northern and north-western shores. Then 

 we started northwards to the Rutshuru and the Buindi 

 Plains, where we had most excellent big-game shooting. 

 Lions were very common. We then crossed Lake Edward 

 in canoes following the western shores, and camped for 

 more than a month in the Great Congo Forest west of the 

 Semliki Valley before continuing our journey northwards 

 to Irumu in the Ituri District. From there I again made 

 a month's trip to the Equatorial Forest and put up my 

 tent near a Wambutti village. On our return journey we 

 crossed Lake Albert and went down the Nile to Cairo. In 

 all we spent 8 months in the wilds, and our collections 

 consist of about 1700 birds, 1000 mammals — among which 

 is a fine series of Mountain Gorillas shot on the different 

 mountains of the Birunga Range, — hundreds of reptiles and 

 amphibians, and several thousands of insects." 



Count Gyldenstolpe had forwarded the following notes 

 and descriptions of the new birds obtained, which were 

 communicated to the Club by Mr. Bannerman : — 



On the West African form of Passer griseus Vieillot. 



Vieillot originally described bis Fringilla grisea (Nouv. 

 Diet. xii. p. 198, 1817) from a specimen said to have 

 been obtained in the United States. This locality is, 

 however, certainly erroneous, and Senegal has to be 

 substituted. 



In 'Revue Zoologique,' vol. ii. p. 45 (1839), Lesson de- 

 scribed his Pyrgita gularis on a specimen from Senega]. 

 This latter form is apparently the same as Fringilla grisea 



