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of more importance, as it is hard to believe the animal ranges un- 

 changed throughout this great region. 



The following manuscript notes on the type specimen of Genetta. 

 dongdlana neumanni were made by Heller in Berlin: 



Type of Genetta neumanni Matschie; Irangi, $ , A5576, 0. Neumann; skin stuffed; 

 skull perfect. Black doraal mane; body spots russet; tail with seven black rings 

 [original description says nine], tip blackish but apparently part of end is gone. Skull 

 condylo-incisive length, 92 millimeters; zygomatic breadth, 45; interorbital breadth, 

 14.2; postorbital breadth, 15; nasals 23.3 X 8; length of upper tooth row, including 

 canine, 36; length of mandible, 65. 



The specimen listed above from "Uganda" is a mounted skin 

 with skull. It is very young, still in the milk dentition, and is there- 

 fore identified only provisionally with neumanni. The specimen 

 was purchased from W. F, H. Rosenberg, and is without definite 

 data. 



GENETTA BETTONI Thomas. 



1902. Gennetta bettoni Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 9, p. 365, 

 (Lagari, Mau District, south of El Burgon Range, British East Africa; 

 type in British Museum.) 



Specimens. — Two, from the following localities: 



British East Africa Kakumega River, 1 (Heller); Lukosa 

 River, 1 (Heller). 



The stomach of the specimen trapped at the Kakumega River 

 contained insects and mice. The Lukosa River skin was purchased 

 from a native. 



GENETTA STUHLMANNI STUHLMANNI Matschie. 



1892. Genetta pardina True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 15, p. 454. (Part, speci- 

 mens from Mount Kilimanjaro; not of Geoff roy.) 



1902. G[enctta] stuhlmanni Matschie, Verhandl. des V. Intemat. Zool.-Congr, 

 Berlin, p. 1142. (Bukoba, German East Africa; type in Berlin Museum.) 



1910. Genetta bettoni Roosevelt, African Game Trails, Amer. ed., p. 473; London 

 ed., p. 485. (Not of Thomas.) 



Specimens. — Twenty-nine, from localities as follows: 



Uganda: Nkyanuna, 1 (Heller); Ruwenzori East, 1 (Dent). 



British East Africa: Kabalolot Hill, Sotik, 1 (Heller); Kaimosi, 

 4 (Heller); Lake Naivasha, 4 (Heller); Lukosa River, 5 (Heller); 

 Mount Kenia, west side at 8,500 feet, 7 (Loring, Mearns) ; Mount 

 Lololokwi, 1 (Heller) ; Nzoia River, Guas Ngishu Plateau, 1 (Heller) ; 

 Telek River, Sotik, 1 (Heller). 



German East Africa: Mount KiUmanjaro, at 5,000 feet, 3 

 (Abbott). 



A female of this Genetta collected at Lukosa River, February 11, 

 contained two embryos. Heller found the stomachs of the Lukosa 

 River specimens filled with frogs and birds ; one stomach held seven 

 frogs. 



