8 TltE SJa.OfS COLLECTION. 



Distinguished from its near ally Ilycena hi/ccna schilUngsi by 

 its smaller size, more indistinct and lighter stripes, and the 

 yellowish buff colour of the feet. 



Typical locality, EJgeyo Escarpment, Uasin Gishu Plateau, 

 Ken^'a Colony ; range a})pears to extend northwards from the 

 I'asin Gishu Plateau and Northern Guaso Nyiro towards Lake 

 Kudolf and Southern Abyssinia. A name has been given to the 

 Striped Hyiena from the Northern Guaso Nyiro by Lonnberg *, 

 but according to Koosevelt and Heller f, who had the opportunity 

 of examining a large series of specimens from this locality, there 

 is no difference of systematic value between the Northern Guaso 

 Nyiro specimens and hergeri. 



6 — 19. 7. 15. 8 (sex not recorded). 1912. Northern Guaso Nyh-o, 



Kenya Colony. 



SOUTH AFRICAN SPOTTED HYJ^NA. 



CkOCUTA OKOCUTA CArE>SIS. 



Hyaena capenais, Desmarest, Mauim. vol. i. jj. 216, 1820. 

 Crocuta capensis, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. Siippl. p. 243, 1905. 



Members of this genus are easily distinguished from the 

 Striped H^'ienas by the absence of the dorsal mane, smalli'r ears, 

 and the s^jotted markings on tlie body ; the skull is shorter and 

 wider, and the lower carnassial tooth is without the heel. 



Type locality, Cape Colon}^ In Cape Colony this hyiena 

 is now nearly extinct ; in Zululand and parts of the Transvaal it 

 is still found, and further noi'tli it is fairly plentiful. In 1900 

 Matschle J described a Spotted Hy;ena from the Orange Jiiver 

 Colony under the name Hycena (Crocofta) gariejyensis ; the 

 following specimens may belong to this race, but there is not suffi- 

 cient material at present available for examination to justify the 

 recognition of this form. 



7 —19.7.15.9. 20 July, 1880. Umfuli River, Mashonaland, 



Southern Rhodesia. 



8 —19.7.15.10 (female). October, 1892. Near Pungwe River, 



Mozambique. 



* Hysena schillingsi rendilis, Lonnberg, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 

 vol. ix. p. 64, 1912 



t Life-histories of African Game Animals, vol. i. p. 256, 1915. 

 :J: Sitzber. Cies. uat. Freunde, 1900, p. 20. 



