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Ivorj Coast, which was undertaken by Mr. Willoughby 

 Lowe and Mr. R. J. Hardy on behalt: o£ the Natural History 

 Museum. Those of you who work on African birds will be 

 aware that the Fauna of the Ivory Coast is virtually unknown, 

 though, as might be expected in this great forest region, the 

 birds do not differ very greatly from those inhabiting the 

 forests of Liberia or the Gold Coast. Mr. Lowe and his 

 companion left England in November last, and, having 

 landed at Grand Bassam, left almost immediately for the 

 interior^ travelling by rail to Bouake through a thick forest- 

 belt of 200 miles. From Bouake they travelled west to 

 Beoumi, a place situated more or less in the open, if clumps 

 of trees, dense grass, and impenetrable bush can be so 

 described. In this bush all the most interesting birds lived, 

 and collecting there proved exceedingly difficult. Birds 

 were hardly ever seen except in fleeting glimpses, save a 

 few common species around the bungalow. Yet every day 

 fresh species were secured, and despite a serious accident — 

 Mr. Hardy being almost blinded by a deadly cobra, which 

 spat in his eye through its zinc cage, — a very fair collection 

 was got together. 



" Two months were spent collecting in the country, both 

 at Beoumi and Bandama on the river of that name, and a 

 collection of 345 birds' skins, 25 bird skeletons, and nearly 

 70 mammals was brought home. 



" I am now engaged in working out the birds, and have 

 brought one or two of the most interesting forms to show 

 to-night, including a new Camaroptera, which I propose 

 to name 



"4" " Camaroptera superciliaris willonghbyi, subsp. nov.' 



''^ Adult male and female. Differs from the typical species 

 from Fernando Po in having a duller olive back and the 

 underparts considerably lighter, also a shorter and broader 

 bill. From the race which extends from the Gold Coast to 

 Gaboon (C. s. rothschildi) it is easily distinguished by the 

 almost white instead of grey underparts. In this respect it 

 most nearly resembles C. s. itgandcc, which, however, is a 

 larger bird with a tail of 37 mm. 



