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Letters , Extracts , and Notes. 
On leaving Kumassi Mr. Alexander was sent with a 
column of Hausas to Gambaga, the head-quarters of the 
northern territories., where he met with many interesting 
forms of bird-life. From Gambaga he trekked in May, 1901, 
to Salaga, and thence on to the river Volta, finally reaching 
the coast at Accra. His collection of birds formed during 
this expedition numbers nearly 1,100 specimens. 
In 1902, when he had completed the description of his 
Gold Coast collections, Alexander visited the island of 
Fernando Po, and discovered a large number of new species, 
including the remarkable long-tailed tree-warbler (Urolais 
maria), representing a new genus and species. From 1904 
to 1907 he was engaged in the Alexander-Gosling Expedition, 
which crossed Africa from the Niger to the Nile and explored 
the countries bordering Lake Chad. The new species of 
birds obtained by him on this journey were some 29 in 
number. 
On his last journey Alexander first visited the islands of 
San Thome, Principe, and Annabon, in the Gulf of Guinea, 
on each of which he made a complete collection of birds. 
After touching at Fernando Po he crossed to Cameroon, 
ascending the peak and making extensive collections. 
Thence he proceeded to Lake Chad, and met with his death 
on the confines of Wadai on the 22nd of April last. 
Descriptions of all the Collections except those of the 
last journey, which have been only lately received, were 
written by Alexander himself and published in this Journal. 
It is hoped that a general catalogue of his Bird-collection may 
be prepared and published with the dates and exact localities 
of every specimen. 
Death of Captain Shelley .—With much regret we announce 
the death of Captain George Ernest Shelley, F.Z.S., 
M.B.O.U., of 30 Egerton Gardens, South Kensington, which 
took place at Bournemouth on the 29th of November last. 
We hope to be able to give some account of the life and work 
of this distinguished Ornithologist in our next number. 
