Letters , Extracts, and Notes. 
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species (Dryoscopus turati), new to tlie collection, and the 
type of a new species of Weaver-bird (Ortygospiza ansorgei ), 
obtained by Dr. W. J. Ansorge : 29 birds from Nigeria, 
presented by Mr. P. A. Talbot : a Darwin's Rhea ( Rhea 
darwini) from the Woburn Aviaries, presented by His Grace 
the Duke of Bedford , K.G. : 150 birds collected in Guatemala 
by Mr. G. C. Shortridge, presented by the Zoological Society 
of London : 95 birds collected on the Rio Paraguay, 
presented by Mr. Geoffrey W. Tudor : 647 birds, 602 eggs, 
and 40 nests from Buenos Aires, collected by Mr. C. H. 
B. Grant, presented by Mr. Ernest Gibson : 161 birds from 
the Owen-Stanley Mountains, New Guinea, presented by 
Mr. E. J. Brook: 402 birds and 29 eggs from Aru, Kei, 
Ceram, and Amboina, presented by the British Ornitholo¬ 
gists’ Union : 153 birds from Australia, presented by 
Miss Audrey Chirnside . 
The American Pheasant-Expedition .—In our last number 
(above, p. 578) we gave some particulars concerning the 
expedition in search of Pheasants of all sorts and descrip¬ 
tions, led by Mr. C. W. Beebe, Curator of Birds in the 
Zoological Park, which left New York in December 1909. 
The last number of the Zoological Society's Bulletin (July, 
1911) announces the return of the party to New York in 
May last “ after completing the circle of the globe," and 
gives an interesting account of the journey, well illustrated 
by photographs. 
The expedition proceeded first to Ceylon, where six weeks 
were spent in studying Pavo , Galius, and Galloperdix , and 
thence to Calcutta, where they were cordially received by 
Dr. Annandale, and examined the splendid collection of 
Phasianidse in the Indian Museum. Thence it was not a far 
journey to Darjeeling, where they were lodged in a Dak 
Bungalow on the Nepal-Sikkim frontier, and met with 
Gennceus, Tragopan , Lophophorus and other well-known 
forms of the Eastern Himalayas. Returning to Calcutta, 
the party proceeded to the Western Himalayas, visiting 
Gurwhal and Cashmere, and on their way back to Calcutta 
ser. ix.—VOL. v. 3 F 
