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to the east of the Mimika, and on the 2nd of August was 

 about thirty-five miles from the snows. 



Owing to the S.E. Monsoon the weather had been ex- 

 tremely trying and the rainfall almost incessant during the 

 last few months; many of the carriers had suflFered severely 

 from fever and had been obliged to return to their homes^ 

 a misfortune which had greatly hindered the progress of the 

 Expedition. He was sorry to report that Mr. Goodfellow 

 had also been suffering from fever and had been ill for some 

 weeks, but the latest news reported " all well^^^ and he 

 therefore hoped that the attack had passed off. 



Mr. Claude Grant^ accompanied by the two Dyaks whom 

 Mr. Robinson had so generously supplied to the Expedition 

 and all the fresh supply of stores, had arrived on the 19th of 

 August at DobOj where he was joined by Mr. G. C. Shortridge. 

 The latter had entirely recovered from his recent attack of 

 fever and was on his way to rejoin the Expedition. The 

 party expected to reach the camp at Toupoue about the 

 24th of August. 



Mr. F. J. Jackson sent for exhibition examples of the 

 following new species of birds which had recently been 

 discovered by his collectors in East Africa. He proposed to 

 describe them as follows : — 



ESTRILDA PALLIDIOR, Sp. U. 



Adult male. Nearly allied to E. nigrimentum, Salvad., from 

 Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia, but easily distinguished 

 by its much paler coloration, the crown, mantle, and under- 

 parts lacking the rosy tinge which is very pronounced on the 

 flanks and belly of the Somaliland species. 



Total length 4*8 inches; wing 2"1 ; tail 2'4 ; tarsus '55. 



Obs. In E. nigy'hnentum the measurements of the male 

 are : wing 2*2 inches, tail 2'5, a trifle greater than in 

 E. pallidior. 



Hah. Northern Uaso Nyiro, B.E. Africa, 10. viii. 09. 



CiNNYRIS SHBPPARDI, Sp. n. 



Adult male. Nearly allied to C. microrhyncha, Shelley, 



