L I ST 
OF 
A COLLECTION OF BIRDS 
PROCURED 
By Mr. C. T. ANDERSSON 
] N 
THE DAMARA COUNTRY IN SOUTH WESTERN AFRICA 
WITH NOTES 
By H. E. STRICKLAND and P. L. SC LATER. 
Mr. Francis Galton, an active member of the Royal Gcogra- 
phical Society, set out in the autumn of 1850, with the intention 
of penetrating the interior of Southern Africa. He started from 
Walvish Bay, on the south west coast, in latitude 23° south ; am 
passing through the Damara country, reached the longitm e o 
21° east-a distance of about 500 miles in the interior. An 
account of his journey will be found in the Journal of the Geo- 
graphical Society, vol. xxii. p. 140. He was accompanied by Mr. 
C. T. Andersson, a. Swede, who formed a considerable collection 
of birds, which were consigned to Mr. A. D. Bartlett o om on 
for sale. Unfortunately, as too often happens in such cases, many 
of these birds were dispersed before any catalogue was made of 
them. Some were purchased for the British Museum ; othew warn 
bought by Mr. Frank, a dealer in Amsterdam ; and of the residue, 
about 100 specimens have passed into my possession. 
As the Damara country is intermediate between ^ « 
Southern and Western Africa, the Ornithology of eac^whmh has 
been pretty fully investigated, it is the more to be regretted, tha 
: Homplete J of these birds is now attainable, as . -uM have 
thrown much light on the geographical dismbut.on of 
Sclater and I have done our best to supp y this oss, by compd.ng 
a list of the species purchased by myself, including also some 
those which are now in the British Museum. 
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