284 Mr. D. Bannerman : A Systematic List [Ibis, 
Kemp, Robin. 1905. ‘ Ibis,’ pp. 213-247. [With notes by 
Dr. Bowcller Sharpe.] 
Bannerman, David A. 1912. - Ibis,’ pp. 219-268. [An account 
of Mr. Willoughby Lowe’s West African collections 
whilst naturalist on H.M.S. 4 Mutine.’] 
Kelsall, H. J. 1914. 4 Ibis,’ pp. 192-228. [An account of his 
own collection.] 
Lowe, Willoughby P. 1921. 4 Ibis,’ pp. 265-282. [An account 
of the birds collected on his second trip to Sierra Leone 
on H.M.S. * Dwarf,’ with notes by myself.] 
For the interest of those who have not access to the past 
numbers of 4 The Ibis/ I have prepared a short account 
of the work done by the three most important collectors, 
Mr. Robin Kemp, Col. H. J. Kelsall, and Mr. W. P. 
Lowe:— 
Mr. Robin Kemp landed in Sierra Leone on the 7th of March, 
1902, and remained there over three years. His collections, 
which were made in the Mendi country—the south-eastern 
part of the colony,—comprised 620 skins referable to 145 
species. The majority of the birds were shot at Bo (450 ft.), 
but quite a number at Rotifunk, situated on the Bumpe 
River, much nearer Freetown and the coast. The Mendi 
country is described as being 44 entirely covered with bush 
or small forest broken here and there by rice-farms and 
swamps, and has six large rivers flowing in a southerly 
direction.” Kemp's birds are now in the British Museum. 
Mr. Willoughby P. Lowe was the next collector to visit 
Sierra Leone. He stayed there from the 28th of January 
to the 6th of February, 1911, and again from the 7th to the 
12 th of March of the same year, when naturalist on board 
H.M.S. 4 Mutine/ at the invitation of Captain Hardy, R.N. 
During these two short visits Mr. Lowe secured 60 dif¬ 
ferent species of birds. These and the rest of Mr. Lowe’s 
collection, made during the voyage of the 4 Mutine/ were 
worked out by myself, and the results published in 4 The 
