CATALOGUE 



OF THE 



SELOUS COLLECTION 



OF 



BIG GAME. 



INTRODUCTION, 



The specimens of Big Game and other Mammals dealt with in 

 this Catalogue were shot by the late Captain F. C. Selous, D.S.O., 

 between the years 1S70 and 1910, and were presented to the 

 Museum b}' Mrs. Selous in 1919. The most important of the 

 expeditions made by Selous during this period and the number 

 of specimens collected and preserved in the Collection are shown in 

 the f ollowinsr Table : — • 



