208 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
breed on the island. Wharton describes the bird as not at 
all common in autumn or early winter, very common from 
January to March, but rare in April: Whitehead saw none 
after March, and says it is not nearly so common as the 
Wood-Lark ; while Backhouse found it very abundant in 
January near Ajaccio, and Parrot only met with three 
individuals on the Campo de L^Oro on March 1 during the 
whole of his stay. Two specimens obtained by Parrot had 
remarkably short wings (96 and 103 mm.), and are ascribed 
by him to the Mediterranean race. 
[To be continued.] 
VIII .'—On the Birds collected by Mr. Claude H. B. Grant at 
various Localities in South Africa. By W. L. Sclater, 
M.A., F.Z.S.jM.B.O.U. With Field-Notes by the Collector. 
(Plates III. & IV. and Text-figures 8 & 9.) 
For a period of nearly five years Mr. Claude Grant was 
engaged in forming a collection of the Vertebrates of South 
Africa. The cost of this exploration was entirely borne by 
Mr. Charles D. Budd. 
The choice of localities to be visited and the general 
direction of the matter was left to Mr. Oldfield Thomas, while 
the primary object of the exploration was to increase the 
collection of Mammals in the National Collection, a result 
which was amply accomplished, and is fully detailed in 
the series of papers published by Messrs. O. Thomas and 
H. Schwann in the f Proceedings of the Zoological Society 
of London ’ for the years from 1904 to 1908. 
In the intervals, however, of trapping small Mammals, 
Mr. Grant found time to make a very extensive collection 
of bird-skins. These, apart from the novelties, are a most 
alliable addition to the British Museum, as the South African 
series there was previously in some respects singularly 
deficient. 
The following is a dated itinerary shewing the various 
localities at which birds were collected, all of which will be 
found in the sketch-map (text-fig. 8, p. 213). 
