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Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 
Starting from Berbera on the lltb December, 1898, they 
proceeded in a westerly direction through Northern 
Somaliland and the North Galla country, arriving at Addis 
Abbeba towards the end of January. Thence they proceeded 
northward through Shoa as far as Lake Haik, to pay their 
respects to the Emperor Menelik. 
Mr. Weld-Blundell having on a previous occasion visited 
Abyssinia, and established the most friendly terms with His 
Majesty, the party was received with the utmost cordiality 
and courtesy, and every assistance was offered in traversing 
the unexplored part of the country to the west. 
Returning southward through Shoa, they followed, the 
Djimma Valley, arriving once more at Addis Abbeba towards 
the end of February. Thence they marched in a westerly 
direction, and striking the Blue Nile at Famaka, followed its 
course to Roseires, which was reached on the 19th of May. 
A steamer carried them on to Khartum, and thence they 
proceeded by rail to Cairo. The success of this adventurous 
expedition was largely due to the able assistance rendered to 
the travellers by our representative at the Court of Menelik, 
Captain Harrington, who not only made all the arrangements 
for transport at Berbera, but accompanied them during part 
of their journey. 
Mr. Harwood, who had already had much experience and 
done excellent work with Mr. E. Lort Phillips and Mr. R. 
M C D. Hawker on previous trips to Somaliland, accompanied 
the expedition as naturalist, and his ability as a field-collector 
and taxidermist, as well as his skill in managing the native 
transport, and his unvarying cheerfulness in meeting all 
difficulties, have won for him the highest praise from the 
leaders of the expedition. 
The zoological results consist almost entirely of Mammals 
and Birds. Among the former may be mentioned elephants, 
lions, and examples of about seventeen species of antelopes; as 
well as a number of small rodents, some of which prove to be 
new, while many are of great scientific value, as they belong 
to species long since described by Riippell. But the great 
feature of the collection is the birds. These are of exceptional 
interest, for among the 523 specimens brought home no fewer 1 
