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frorfl 6500 up to 8500 ft., dense forest ; from 8500 to 

 10,000 ft., impenetrable bamboo; above that, from 10,000 

 to 12,500 ft., giant heather, with a few giant lobelias and 

 groundsels ; and from 12,500 ft., almost up to the snow-line, 

 giant lobelias, groundsels and everlasting flower- bushes. 



'^ Above 10,000 ft. birds become very scarce, and above 

 the snow-line no animal life was seen, thougli H.R.H. the 

 Duke of the Abruzzi states that worms Avere found upon the 

 peaks. On the bare rocks above the snow at 16,000 ft. a 

 few lichens and mosses were seen. The south end of the 

 mountain differs considerably from the rest, being very much 

 drier, with short grass and acacia bush. The west side 

 appeared to be damper than the east, and it certainly 

 receives less sunlight oAviug to the fact that after 10 a.m. 

 the upper parts of the range are almost always enveloped in 

 cloud. The zones of vegetation are not so Avell marked on 

 the west side as on the east.^^ 



Mr. Walter Goodfellow stated that after his successful 

 ascent of Mount Morrison (13,880 ft.) in Central Formosa, 

 an account of which was published by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant in 

 the January and April numbers of the ' Ibis ' for 1907, he 

 made his way to llumboldt^'s Bay on the north coast of New 

 Guinea, not so much for the purpose of collecting skins as 

 to procure living examples of Birds-of- Paradise. The natives, 

 however, proved to be but poor bird-catchers, and he obtained 

 very few living specimens, though among these tiiere were 

 a pair of the magnificent Bird-of-Paradise {Epimachus 

 speciosus). Unfortunately, while at Humboldt's Bay, his 

 house was attacked and burnt down by jungle-natives, and, 

 in addition to much baggage, he lost these very rare birds, 

 which were suffocated by the smoke. An attempt was made 

 to ascend the Cyclops Mountains (9000 ft.), but this failed 

 owing to the difficulty of obtaining carriers. With five 

 porters he ultimately succeeded, in reaching an altitude of 

 3000 ft., and obtained a fine new King-Bird-of-Paradise 

 {Cicinnurits yoodfelloioi, Grant), but he had to return almost 

 immediately to the coast, as he saw that the natives were 



