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MAMMALIA. 



THE vast herds of ruminants that once gave the Mammalian 

 fauna of the Transvaal such a distinctive feature have now passed 

 away, owing to ruthless and unrelenting destruction on the part 

 of man, and the Carnivora will soon share the same fate. The 

 lion is almost if not entirely confined to Zoutpansberg, and 

 is becoming scarcer every year, while a good leopard-skin is 

 much more difficult to obtain than was the case a few years 

 ago. I procured the perfect skin and skull of a very fine 

 young male lion, which was purchased in the Pretoria Market, 

 but as its exact locality is doubtful, I have not included it 

 in my list; and the same silence has been maintained as to 

 several other skins purchased, but which may have belonged to 

 animals killed by hunting-parties beyond the confines of the 

 Republic. I paid most attention to the smaller mammals found 

 near the town. 



Excluding the valuable contribution of Prof. Stewart, the 

 specimens have all been determined by Mr. Old field Thomas, 

 and most of them I have placed in the collection of the British 

 Museum. 



PRIMATES. 



ON SIX CRANIA, PROBABLY BELONGING TO THE MAKAPAN 

 TRIBE, WATERBERG DISTRICT, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA. 



BY 



C. STEWART, 



Ilunterian Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, and 



Conservator of the Museum of the Royal College of 



Surgeons ; President of the Linnean Society, &c. 



These six crania were obtained by Mr. W. L. Distant from 

 the Makapan's Cave, in the Waterberg District, Transvaal, and 

 have been kindly presented by him to the Royal College of 

 Surgeons. 



