172 MAMMALS FROM MOSSAMEDES. 



Iwo species are from the Congo, where he landed and 

 where he lived during about two months before his going 

 to Mossamedes. 



All the Muridae , Euryotis , Georyclms , the Insectivora , 

 with exception of Erinaceus and all the Chiroptera are pre- 

 served in spirits. 



1. Felis leo Linné. 



Lions are very common. Nearly every night v. d. Keilen 

 beared their roaring. Once , being with a Boer in the field 

 he had a » rencontre" with three specimens: male, female 

 and young. 



2. Proteles lalandei Geoffroy. 



One specimen, an adult female, from Otjipahe, neigh- 

 borhood of Huilla, 22 February 1886. 

 Iris light-brown. 



3. A onyx in unguis Cuvier. 



One specimen, an adult female, from Otjipahe, 19 Fe- 

 bruary 1886. 

 Iris dark-brown. 



4. Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby. 



One skull , with horns , of an adult male , from the Cu- 

 nene-river, 15 October 1885. 



n. i. Litzieja. Called by the Boers »Meerbok." 



5. Eleotragus eleotragus Lichtenstein. 



One skull, with skin and horns, of an adult male , from 

 Otjiporapenima , 4 November 1885. 

 Called by the Boers »Rietbok." 



6. Cephalophus hemprichanus Ehrenberg. 



One skull , with horns , of an adult male , from Otjipom- 

 penima, 12 January 1886. 

 Iris light-brown. 



Notes from tlie Ley den Mixseum, Vol. IX. 



