VI 
PREFACE. 
Society*. Amongst these a fine novelty was a new three-toed 
Flamingo, which was dedicated to James as Phcenicopterus 
jamesi. 
Again, in 1889, James, acting on my suggestion, sent out 
another collector, Mr. Ambrose A. Lane, to explore various 
parts of the Chilian Republic. Mr. Lane first visited Tara- 
pacaf, and afterwards several places in the southern provinces, 
but was forced to return home before his work was accom¬ 
plished by the outbreak of the Chilian revolution. 
James was attached to the study of Natural History from his 
boyhood, and took the keenest interest in collecting and 
observing birds. He was also an excellent horseman, and 
ardently fond of outdoor sports. He was a Fellow of the 
Linnean, Zoological, and Royal Geographical Societies, and was 
elected a Member of the British Ornithologists’ Union in 1886. 
Fie died at his home in Surrey on the 22nd July, 1892. All 
his collections of birds and eggs have been placed in the 
British Museum. 
I may add that I still hope to be able to complete and 
publish the “ Revised Catalogue of the Birds of Chili,” which 
was intended to be my special share in the projected “ Chilian 
Ornithology,” but that the want of the field-notes and infor¬ 
mation which only personal observation can supply will render 
it almost impossible for me unassisted to carry out our original 
scheme of a complete account of this interesting Avifauna. 
3 Hanover Square, London, AY ., 
November 1st, 1892. 
P. L. SCLATER. 
* Sec “ List of a Collection of Birds from Ihe Province of Tarapaca, Northern 
Chili,” by P. L. Sclater (P. Z. S. 1880, p. 395). 
t Sec article “ On a second Collection of Birds from I lie Province of Tarapaca, 
Northern Chili,” by P. L. Sclater (P. Z. S. 1891, p. 131). 
