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unsuccessful effort, to give up the expedition and to return 
home. As the wet season was coming on, this was, probably, 
the wisest course to be pursued. The travellers are now, 
therefore, safe in England, and Capt. Rawling gave an 
account of their explorations and adventures at the meeting 
of the Royal Geographical Society held on July 3rd. 
The collection of birds made by the expedition in New 
Guinea has reached the Natural History Museum, South 
Kensington. It contains about 2300 skins. Besides this 
there is a series of about 450 specimens from Ceram and of 
about 200 from Borneo. 
Mr. Beebe’s Expedition. —In the Fifteenth Report of the 
New York Zoological Society (1910) we are informed that 
funds have been provided by a private donor for an expedi¬ 
tion to procure “ living and dead specimens of the known 
species of Pheasants, and to study those birds in their native 
environment.” 
The expedition, under Mr. C. W. Beebe, Curator of 
Birds in the Society's Zoological Park, left New York on 
Dec. 29th, 1909, and began field-work in Ceylon. India 
was next visited, and the foot-hills of the Himalayas were 
searched for specimens. From India the party went to 
Singapore, making that city the base for excursions to 
Borneo, Java, and Burmah. The expedition is now, we 
believe, in Central China, and, after a visit to Japan, will 
return to New York this summer. 
The Zoological Museum at Munich .—Under the energetic 
influence of the Custos of the Ornithological Section of the 
State Museum at Munich, Dr. C. E. Hellmayr, great addi¬ 
tions have been lately made to the Collection of Birds, 
especially from South America. These are described in an 
article in the 10th volume of the f Verhandlungen' of the 
Ornithological Society of Bavaria. In 1909 and 1910, 
8735 specimens of Birds were added to the series, amongst 
which were 649 from Western Columbia, obtained by 
