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beria (see ray Catalogue osteologique , 1887, p. 117); from 

 Liberia too collected by Büttikofer ; De Rochebrune pro- 

 cured specimens from Senegambia (des bords du marigot 

 de Fanaye et sur les bords du lac de Pagnefoul , 1. c. p. 143). 



Nach den vielen verstümmelten Hauten, die man bei den 

 Eingebornen sieht , zu urtheilen , muss dieses Thier an al- 

 ien liberianischen Flüssen haufig vorkommen , doch bei 

 der ünzuganglichkeit der Flussufer ist es für den Weis- 

 sen schwierig , unbescliadigte Exemplare für die Sammlungen 

 zu bekommen. 



24. Hydrogale maculicollis^ Licbtenstein. 



Farmington River (Stampfli). 



Like Aonyx inunguis generally distributed over West- 

 Africa. Described from South-Africa ; from Natal in the 

 British Museum ; in our Museum is an adult female from 

 the Gold-Coast, collected by Mr. Nagtglas in 1862; Stampfli 

 has sent over two specimens, one very adult and the other 

 nearly fullgrown , from Liberia. 



In the description of the genus Hydrogale, Gray wrote: 

 » the orbit scarcely defined behind , without any indication 

 of a tubercle on either the upper- or lower edge". This 

 expression is applicable on not fullgrown specimens , like 

 one of Stampfli's and like Gray's specimen (see his wood- 

 cut of the skull in P. Z. S. L, 1865 and in Cat. of Car- 

 nivorous , etc. 1869), but our adult specimen shows the 

 mentioned tubercles very well developed. 



25. B uh alu s h r achy ce r o s , Gray. 

 The skull of a female, Robertsport (Büttikofer). 



Meiü Jager Jackson war so glücklich im Cape Mount 

 Gebirge obgenanntes Exemplar zu schiessen , doch war ich 

 krankheitshalber verhindert das ganze Thier zu prapariren 



Notes from tlie Leyden IMuseum, "Vol. X. 



