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much remains to be done. That great progress is being 

 made is, however, evident to those who study the pages of 

 the l Novitates Zoological,' where the perpetual accessions 

 made to the Tring Museum from this quarter are assiduously 

 registered. Colonel Rippon's recent expedition to Yun-nan 

 {vide infra, p. 11) and Dr. Abbott's explorations in the 

 Malay Archipelago deserve more than a passing record, and 

 we hear that our friend Mr. Rickett has lately forwarded a 

 large collection of Chinese birds to the Natural History 

 Museum. 



III. Ethiopian Region. 



It is the Ethiopian Region that has occupied most of the 

 pages of f The Ibis' during the last few years, and, as we 

 know Africa is always producing something new, this is 

 long likely to be the case. Although Sir Harry Johnston 

 made a successful attack on Ruwenzori, his time was too 

 limited on that occasion to allow him to collect birds, except 

 the onebeautifulTuracou (Gallirexjohnstoni)which deservedly 

 bears his name. We are pleased to hear, however, that a good 

 series of the birds of Ruwenzori has lately been collected by 

 Mr. Archer and forwarded to the British Museum by Mr. F. 

 J. Jackson (vide infra). I have also received with great 

 pleasure the intelligence that Mr. Doggett has been placed 

 by the Uganda Government on the Staff of Major Delme 

 Radcliffe, who is surveying the boundary between German 

 and British East Africa. The addition of a Naturalist to 

 this Expedition, which unfortunately started without one, 

 will be a great gratification to zoologists. 



On the Western coast of Africa our friend Capt. Boyd 

 Alexander is as busy as usual. He has again traversed the 

 Gold Coast Colony and picked up all the possible additions 

 he could make to his former researches in this country. He 

 has now returned to Western Africa in order to make 

 further explorations in Fernando Po and other neighbouring 

 localities. 



Passing to the Southern extremity of the African continent, 

 I am able to state that the MS. of Mr. W. L. Sclater's third 



