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(referred by Mr. True to Genetta pardina) which varies excessively 
in colouration. Mr. Hunter included both the Striped and Spotted 
Hyenas as met with on the plains surrounding the mountain, the 
former being ‘‘ very common everywhere.” The Canide of Kilima- 
njaro are not yet accurately made out. Mr. True refers Dr. Abbott’s 
specimens of Jackals to Camis mesomelas of the Cape; Mr. Johnston 
and Mr. Hunter associate this animal with Canis lateralis of the West 
Coast. Mr. Hunter also speaks of a ‘‘ Wild Dog” that “hunts in 
packs”’ on the plains, and of another ‘small, dark-coloured fox.” 
The latter, however, may be Otocyon megalotis, of which Dr. Abbott 
obtained three specimens. 
Two species of Hyvax are met with on Kilima-njaro, one 
belonging to the tree-loving and the other to the rock-frequenting 
section of this isolated group. Mr. True refers the former to a new 
species, Dendrohyrax validus, and the latter to Procavia brucet (Gray). 
He has not had the advantage of consulting Mr. Thomas’s recently- 
published revision (9) of this very difficult family, so that the latter 
determination may be doubtful. 
Of Rodents, Mr. True registers fourteen species in his list, and the 
number will, no doubt, be seriously increased when fresh explorers 
in Kilima-njaro turn their attention to these little animals. Among 
the Muridz, a new species of Dendromys ‘‘ extends the range of this 
genus from South Africa to East Africa.” 
The list of Kilima-njaran Bats is also veryshort up to the present 
time. Mr. True only mentions four species. It cannot be doubted 
that these creatures are much more numerous, but they are difficult 
to capture, and do not excite the enthusiasm of the ordinary collector. 
The Insectivora are not abundant anywhere. In Kilima-njaro only 
two species have been yet recognised. These are a Hedgehog 
(Evinaceus albiventris), and a Shrew (Crocidura). 
We now come to the most highly-developed and interesting 
portion of the mammal-fauna—that is the Antelopes, abundant all 
over Africa in suitable localities, and especially so on the high 
plateau near Kilima-njaro. Mr. True includes the names of 
twenty-one species in his list, of thirteen of which examples were 
obtained by Mr. Abbott, while eight others had -been recorded 
by Mr. Hunter, as already mentioned. The list must, however, 
be slightly reduced, as Hunter’s Antelope (Bubalis hunteri) is only 
met with in Southern Somali-land on the north bank of the Tana, 
a long way from Kilima-njaro, and should be omitted altogether. 
Again, as Mr. True allows it is not at all likely that two allied 
species of Madogua occur there, Mr. True’s Neotragus hivkt and 
N. damarensis are probably identical. Moreover, as shown by Dr, 
Giinther (P.Z.S., 1890, p. 604, x.), the Reed-buck of this part of East 
Africa is Cervicapra bohor, not C.arundinum, and the so-called Cephalophus 
nigrifrons is, no doubt, Mr. Thomas's recently described C. harveyt (x1.). 
This would make the Antelopes of Kilima-njaria at present known 
