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On the upper Binder River there are still a fair number of Lions, 

 following the herds of antelope. They seem to kill a good many 

 GirafiFe as well. Shortly above Khor Galegu we once came out at 

 midday upon the open dry river bed, and discovered an old lioness 

 stalking a fine Waterbuck. She had crept unseen almost within 

 striking distance by taking advantage of the slight inequalities of the 

 sandy ground. One of her full grown cubs was only a short distance 

 away near some sheltering bushes and nearer at hand were three 

 others. The Lions sighted us and made off, leaving the buck unmo- 

 lested. No doubt Lions are decreasing throughout this district. > 



Heller, in describing this race, refers to it a Sudanese specimen in 

 the collection of the U. S. National ^Museum. The salient characters 

 are the great breadth of the skull in combination with the small cheek- 

 teeth. 



Felis pardus Linne. 



Leopard. 



Felis pardus Linne, Syst. nat., cd. 10, 1758, 1, p. 41. 



We obtained no specimen of the Leopard, and are unable to assign 

 the proper subspecific title to those observed. Leopards are not rare 

 in the Blue Nile valley and on the Binder, and their tracks were occa- 

 sionally seen in the dusty trails. At Fazogli they were said to be 

 present on the rocky hills, whence they sometimes descended by night 

 to prowl about the native villages. No doubt they feed largely on the 

 Hyraxes that live among the rocks. On the Binder, Br. Phillips 

 came upon a company of monkeys scolding a Leopard among some 

 thick bushes, but it bounded away at his approach. From its boldness 

 and ciuming as well as its ability to conceal itself in little cover, this 

 will probably be about the last of the big cats to be driven from the 

 country by the spread of settlements. 



Felis capensis phillipsi, subsp. nov. 

 Phillips's Serval. 



Type. — Adult male, skin and skeleton, 14,908 M. C. Z., from El 

 Garef, Blue Nile, Sudan. January 10, 1913; Br. John C. Phillips, 

 collector. 



General Characters. — A rather pale, short-tailed form, in which the 

 body stripes are completely reduced to small spots. 



