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Africa which have now been found in Southern Abyssinia. 
This extremely interesting collection is being worked out by 
Mr. Ogilvie Grant, and a paper on it will appear in the 
January ‘ Ibis/ 
Turning now to Asia, I have to record that Major 
Wingate, starting from Shanghai, followed the Yang-tze- 
kiang as far as Lake Tung-ting, whence he took a south¬ 
westerly course along the Yuen-kiang through Hoo-nan, 
Kwei-chow, and Yun-nan to Bhamo. A Chinese taxidermist 
accompanied him through this remarkable journey, and a 
fine collection of birds has been forwarded to the British 
Museum, where it is at present under examination. I may 
add that a melancholy interest attaches to the beautiful 
series of birds from the island of Hainan which now lies on 
the table—the last, and one may almost say the dying, 
contribution to ornithological knowledge made by that 
sterling English naturalist, the late John Whitehead, whose 
loss is sincerely mourned by myself and by all his brother 
ornithologists throughout the world. 
On the whole, therefore, I think that there is no reason 
why we should be at all dissatisfied with the present 
progress of ornithological work in the Eastern Hemisphere. 
As regards the New World, we may now expect renewed 
exertions on the part of our fellow-workers on the other 
side of the Atlantic. They have, I think I may say, fairly 
exploited the northern portion of their continent, and have 
for some time been extending their energies over Mexico 
and Central America. In the Antilles they have long been 
at work, and some fine series of birds from the Neotropical 
Region have been acquired by American naturalists. Let 
us wish them every sort of success in their efforts, as in these 
days it is more than ever important that the great Anglo- 
Saxon community should unite together in every branch 
of work. But at the same time let us here neglect no 
opportunity of extending our own knowledge of birds in the 
New as well as in the Old World. Even as I write I 
hear of some important collections lately arrived in this 
country, which show a renewed interest in Neotropical 
ornithology. 
