ON THE MAMMALS COLLECTED 



DURING CAPTAIN BOTTEGO's LAST EXPEDITION 



TO LAKE RUDOLF AND THE UPPER SOHAT 



HY OLDFIELD THOMAS 



The present paper contains an ac^count of the few Mammals 

 which were rescued out of tlie large collection made by Capt. Bot- 

 tego on his last expedition, that which ended in the murder by 

 the Abyssinians of this distinguished Italian explorer, whose loss 

 will be deplored by every man of science. During liis most 

 hazardous expeditions he never failed to preserve whatever zoolo- 

 gical specimens he could obtain, and his collections will remain 

 in the Museo Civico as a permanent memorial of his devotion 

 to science. 



Owing to the vicissitudes they have undergone, the present 

 specimens are not so well preserved as usual , so that several 

 of them cannot be determined without further material from the 

 Lake liudolf region. There are however three good specimens 

 of a very distinct new Shrew, which I liave ventured to name 

 in Capt. Bottego's memory. 



1. Rhinolophus antinorii , Dobs. 



n-b. Pozzi iJa.ss, April 1897. 



2. Megaderma Irons, L. 



n-b. IJctwecn Badditii and Dime. 



Badditù is a district about 5.a() N. and 38.20 E., Dime about 

 t) N. and 36.40 E. Capt. Bottego's itinerary from one to the 

 other passes entirely round Lake Regina Margherita. 



