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Mr. J. G. Alillais has been exploring tlie fartber recesses of 

 Mashonalaud iu search of the White pLhinoceros, but has 

 doubtless not entirely neglected his favourite Birds. Mr. J. 

 D. de La Touche, of the Chinese Imperial ^Maritime Customs^ 

 has returned to Amoy, but^ as he -writes to me^ is meditating 

 an expedition to Takow in Formosa, Arjiere he will no doubt 

 obtain adequate results. ]\[r. C. Hose lias returned to his 

 old quarters on the Baram Biver, accompanied by his brother^ 

 who will devote himself entirely to the further exploration of 

 the mountains of this part of Borneo. To the southern part 

 of the same island our excellent friend and correspondent 

 Mr. Biittikofer, of tlie Leyden ^luseum, is now on the point 

 of departure. It is evident, therefore^ that good additions to 

 our knowledge of the Ornithology of Borneo are likely to be 

 made. ]\Ir. C. W. Campbell^ of the Chinese Consular Service^ 

 has returned to Corea, where there is still much work to be 

 done in Natural History. From Mr. H. H. Johnston^ C.B., 

 whose headquarters are at Zomba, British Central Africa, 

 I have lately received two large collections of birds, formed 

 by Mr. Alexander AVhyte, F.Z.S. Captain Shelley has 

 kindly undertaken the working out of this series, \\hicli 

 numbers 1033 specimens referable to 205 species. Amongst 

 these not less than 9 are new to science. Captain Shelley's 

 paper is already in type, and Avill be published in the first 

 number of ' The Ibis ' for next year. 



Oologists, of whom there are many in the ranks of the 

 B. O. U., will be pleased to hear that much progress has lately 

 been made with the arrangement of the vast series of birds^ 

 eggs in the British jNIuseum, which has been conducted under 

 Mr. Seebohm's superintendence, and that it is expected that 

 the whole will be shortly in working-order and accessible to 

 students. The second cabinet of British birds' eggs was 

 placed in the British Gallery in August last, so that an 

 excellent series of these beautiful and interesting objects 

 is now accessible to the public. 



It may interest the INIembers of the B. 0. C. to learn that, 

 being on the Continent in the last week of September this 

 year, I gladly embraced the long-wished-for opportunity 



