of the Birds of Sierra Leone. 
285 
1921.j 
Ibis/ 1912, pp. 219-268. I should like to take this oppor¬ 
tunity of making some corrections in this paper, two of 
which have already been pointed out by Major Kelsall. 
The birds recorded as Pyrenestes ostrinus were in reality 
P. coccineus (pp. 224 & 232); likewise the immature birds 
recorded from Sierra Leone and Liberia as Chalcumitra acik 
are C. splendidus, while that from St. Paul de Loanda is 
C. gutturalis (p. 225). 
Specimens of Ardea gularis were, owing to an unaccount¬ 
able slip, recorded as Melanophoyx ardesiaca (p. 228). These 
two small Herons cannot possibly be confused. We did not 
in those days pay such minute attention to the geographical 
races of birds described, and in consequence several birds 
recorded as species have now been sunk to the level of 
subspecies, while others are now recognized as distinct races 
of the species then recorded. Mr. Lowe's collections were 
presented to the British Museum by Captain Hardy. 
Colonel H. J. Kelsall, K.A. (then Major), was stationed 
in Sierra Leone from August 1910 to August 1911, and 
again from February 1912 to February 1913. His col¬ 
lection numbered 941 specimens^ embracing 215 species. 
Major Kelsall worked out this collection himself, and 
published a valuable paper, together with an excellent map 
of the Protectorate. Kelsall carried out most of his 
observations in the Peninsula, but also toured through the 
central and southern portions of the Protectorate, an itinerary 
of which journey will be found in his paper (/. c. p. 193). 
On another occasion he spent a short time in the Bib hi and 
Bumpe Chiefdoms. His geographical and topographical 
notes are much fuller than those given by Kemp, and add 
largely to the value and interest of his paper. 
KelsalPs collections were divided between the British, 
Tring, and Dublin Museums, only 42 specimens belonging 
to 29 species and subspecies coming to the first named. 
