2l8 SCIENCE IN AFRICA 



based on study of the collections. The wild animals and game are 

 in the charge of the chief forest officer of the department of 

 agriculture, with a game warden. 



The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan has a small Government Museum of 

 Natural History contained in the Gordon College, with a good 

 collection of Sudan birds. There are also Zoological Gardens at 

 Khartoum. The valuable periodical, Sudan Notes and Records, has 

 been published for many years and contains results of zoological 

 study. A well-administered game department has existed for 

 many years. 



In the Colonies, Protectorates, and Mandates there is not so much 

 need as in botany for systematists to be available in the individual 

 African territories, and indeed this would be quite impossible in 

 view of the wider field to be covered and the specialized nature of 

 the work. Nevertheless, collections of local fauna in African 

 museums are highly desirable, and in a few territories steps have 

 been taken towards this end. Extensive collections of special 

 groups such as insects are sometimes made by members of techni- 

 cal departments, and are available for reference at the laboratories 

 concerned. 



The museums are generally organized by natural history societies, 

 some of which also publish scientific journals. Thus, in Kenya the 

 excellent Coryndon Memorial Museum at Nairobi has already 

 extensive collections which are mainly the result of perpetual and 

 largely voluntary labours by Dr. van Someren. It owes its origin 

 to the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society, which 

 was established in 1909, and which publishes an admirable journal. 

 There is also the Stoneham Museum at Kitale, started as a private 

 organization and now managed by a board of trustees. Uganda 

 has only a very small museum at Kampala. Results of local 

 studies are published in the Uganda Journal, founded in 1933. A 

 large and important collection of insects has been accumulated at 

 the agricultural laboratory, Kampala. Tanganyika has no special 

 museum in which fauna is collected, but reference collections are 

 being brought together by the biological workers at Amani (insects 

 and birds) and by the assistant government entomologist at Moro- 

 goro (insects and small mammals). Tanganyika Motes and Records, 

 published half-yearly, was founded in 1936. At Zanzibar there is 



