20 SJOSTBDTS KILIMANDJARO-MBRU EXPEDITION. 2. 



to secure the skeleton there were only some fragments of bone and some rags of the 

 shirt, which the dead man had had around his waist, left. The Hyaenas had made 

 a clean sweep. 



Hysena schillings! MATSCHIE. 



Hycena schillingsi MATSCHIE Sitz. ber. Ges. nat. Fr. Berlin 1900 p. 55. 



Mem: 1 specimen from the acacia forest at Ngare na nyuki, 83 /io 1905. 



The colour-pattern of the skin agrees perfectly with MATSCHIE' s description, but 

 the distance between the foramina infraorbitalia of the skull is 47 mm. 



Viverra civetta orientalis MATSCHIE. 



Viverra (Civetta) orientalis MATSCHIE Saugethiere Ost-Afrikas p. 72. 

 Kilimandjaro: 1 specimen from the cultivated zone Kibonoto, April 1906. 

 The spots become confluent to longitudinal bands on the hind quarters. Only 

 this specimen was observed and the animal appeared thus to be less common. 



Genetta siialielica MATSCHIE. 

 Genetta suahelica MATSCHIE Verb. d. V Internat. Zool. Congress Berlin 1901 p. 1143. 



A, normal: Kilimandjaro: 5 specimens from Kibonoto, July, 1905 4 specimens 

 from the cultivated zone at Kibonoto resp. u /s (?), 18 /s, 25 /s and 31 /s 1905 I specimen 

 from the same locality, May 1906 -- 1 specimen without locality. 



B, melanistic: Kilimandjaro: 1 ? from Kibonoto 10 /s 1905 --4 specimens from 

 the cultivated zone at Kibonoto resp. 18 /s, 24 /s, J1 /9 and 3 /io 1905 - 1 specimen from the 

 same locality, April 1906. 



These melanistic specimens look quite black, but in some shades of light the four 

 rows of spots on either side are fully conspicuous. 



This animal was common at Kibonoto, also the melanistic variety was often seen. 

 It steals poultry from the natives and sneaked sometimes into our huts to get hold of 

 shot birds hanging there. They were often caught alive by the Wadschaggas who carried 

 several specimens to me tied to a stick. (SJOSTEDT) 



Nandinia gerrardi THOMAS. 



Nandinia gerrardi THOMAS Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 ser. Vol. 12 p. 205. 



Kilimandjaro: 1 specimen from the banana farms at Kibonoto, 20 /7 1905 - - 1 $ 

 arid a foetus from the same from the same locality, 31 /io 1905 1 skin from Mombo (MAK- 

 TIENSSEN). 



This animal is known on the kidschagga language under the name ndraiio or 

 drano . 



The gravid female had only two youngs in the uterus, and one of them was preserved. 

 This foetus had already attained a length of nearly 12 cm. without tail, and was hairy. 

 A mesial dark stripe on top of the neck is well developed and on either side another 

 stripe, although less sharply defined, can be seen. This indicates that the striped pattern 

 of the neck of Nandinia binotata is a more primitive character than the absence of such 



