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Smith on his expedition to Lake Endolph), who, I regret 
to say, died at Aden on the 20th of October last, after 
the return of the expedition. The collection of birds, 
which is in the hands of Mr. Ogilvie Grant, has only just 
arrived and has not yet been fully examined. There are few 
new species represented in it, but there are certainly many 
of considerable interest. Mr. J. S. Budgett has lately 
returned from a successful visit to our colony on the Eiver 
Gambia. He also has made a collection of birds, whicli 
have not yet been examined, hnt will certainly prove to 
he of considerable value. Nor must' he omitted mention of 
the second expedition to Lake Tanganyika, now being con- 
ducted by Mr. J. E. S. Moore. Mr. Moore will devote 
himself principally, of course, to the aquatic products of the 
Lake, hut two of his companions, Mr. Berridge and 
Mr. Mathews, are ardent ornithologists, and will pay special 
attention to our branch of natural history. Except from 
some of the German explorers, we have, as yet, but little 
information concerning the bird-life of the Tanganyika 
district, especially of the country northward of it, which 
Mr. Moore’s expedition is planned to pass through on its 
return journey. Mr. F. J. Jackson, C.B., may have little 
time for ornithology, owing to his official duties in Uganda; 
but that he is still able to devote a little leisure to his favourite 
study is shown by the excellent series of papers now appearing 
in ‘ The Ibis.’ 
This Meeting will presently have before it the descriptions 
of several new species of birds by Mr. H. Weld Blundell 
and Lord Lovat, discovered during their late adventurous 
journey through Southern Abyssinia to Khartum. The 
travellers lauded at Berbera in December 1898, traversed 
Shoa, Southern Abyssinia, and the North Galla country, 
struck the Blue Nile, which they followed as far as Roseires, 
whence they proceeded by steamer to Khartum, and thence 
by train to Cairo, which was reached in May 1899. 
Their bird-collection contains 520 specimens representing 
299 species, of which 11 are new; examples of many of the 
species described by Ruppell, and known only by the types 
