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species of Ccphalophis, a characteristic ^Ethiopian genus of Bovidae. 

 Nor, so far as we know at present, are there any traces of Marmots, 

 Pikas, or Mountain-hares on Kilima-njaro. The places of these 

 Boreal forms are taken by Hyrax and various species of Muridse. In 

 short, we find on Kilima-njaro merely more or less modified repre- 

 sentatives of the inhabitants of the surrounding districts. So far as 

 this piece of evidence goes, the wave of Boreal life, impelled by the 

 Glacial Period, did not in Africa advance so far south as the Equator. 

 What we do find in Kilima-njaria, however, is the most splendid 

 series of the larger mammals to be met with in any spot on the 

 earth's surface, such as may well justify Sir John Willoughby and his 

 friends in terming their headquarters at Taveta the " Hunter's Para- 

 dise." 



[Three of the illustrations prepared for this memoir have been 

 kindly lent by the authorities of the U.S. Nat. Museum for the 

 present article.] 



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