NoYiTATES Zoological. 



Vol. XII. JANUARY, 1905. No. 1. 



A LIST OF THE MAMMALS COLLECTED BY THE HON. 

 N. C. ROTHSCHILD, THE HON. F. R. HENLEY, AND 

 MR. A. F. R. WOLLASTON IN EGYPT AND THE 

 SOUDAN IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH 1901 



By HAROLD SCHWANN. 



Q1EVERAL of the species meutioned in this list— notably Acomi/s w/t/ierb>/i, 

 ^ Gfi-billus pi/gargiis, Dipoflillus watersi, Lepiis imhelUnug, and Ilystiix 

 cumeri — have not been taken hitherto in so northern a locality, and their range 

 must accordingly be extended. 



A few notes snjjplied by Mr. Rothschild on some of the less-known localities, 

 where specimens were obtained, will be a great assistance in properly understanding 

 their geographical relationships. 



Nakheila, where the battle of the Atbara was fought, is about fifty miles up the 

 Atbara River, on the north bank. 



Merowe and Kerma are both in the Dougola Province. The former is at 

 the commencement of the fourtli cataract, while the latter is the terminus of 

 the railway from Wady Haifa to the Uongola Province. 



Shereik is a railway station at the littk-known Abu Haschim cataract, some 

 fifty miles south of Abu Hammed. 



1. Hipposiderus tridens Geoff. 

 tJ 2 ; ¥ 1. Abou Simbel. 



(? 73. Nakheila. 

 $ 3. Shereik. 



~. Scotophilus schliefferri Peters. 



3. Pipistrellus kuhlii Natt. 

 4. Taphozous perforatus Geofi'. 



$ 118, 119, 124, 125, 129 ; ? 126, 127, 128. Kerma. 



This species was extremely common at Kerma, hiding by day iu the dome of 

 an old tomb. 



5. Rhinopoma cystops Thos. 



? 155, 150. Merowe. 

 Six specimens in s[iirit, 



