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A. A. Hippopotamus amphibius LIx.. .... ++. +- : + 
Ss. | Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata Dre WINTON. . . - ar + 
Ea. Rhynchotragus cavendishi minor LONNBERG. . . « - + 
» » quentheri wroughtont DRAKE-BROCKMAN + ‘ 
A. (K(S). Kokus ellipstprymmus canescens LONNBERG. . .. + + = - + + 
| Es. | » Apyceros melampus rendilis LONNBERG «+ +++ ++ + + ses + +} 
| Ea S(E). Gazella granti lacuum NEUMANN .- + + 
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Ss. Se. Lithocranitus wallert BROOKE... ... + -.-e+«s+ees + + 
| Ea. Ss. Oryx beisa annectens HOLMISTER . . . +... + ee + + + 
| » KE. Taurotragus oryx pattersonianus LYDEKKER. +. ++ +s. + es = + + 
A. E(s) Buffelus caffer radcliffei THOMAS. . . - 2+ 1+ se ee we ee + ae 
EINAR LONNBERG, MAMMALS COLLECTED BY THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITION ETC. 
The forests of British East Africa in which I had the opportunity of studying 
the fauna some little time are those near Nairobi and Escarpment station, the prim- 
eval forest on the eastern slopes of Kenia, and the woods near Meru boma. These 
exhibit several different types, although these intergrade with each other. The forests 
near Nairobi are more or less xerophilous with comparatively small leaves and a thin 
foliage which admits the light to penetrate. The result of this is that a very thick 
undergrowth of bushes and liane is produced, and in the darkness of this several 
animals find suitable covert. Among these are the Bushbuck, the »Suni> (Nesotragus 
moschatus) and the Red Forest Duiker. not to mention the Bushpigs. The small 
greenish looking Scrub Squirrel (Paraxerus jacksoni) skulks also among this under- 
growth. The only monkey in the Nairobi forests is the »Kima» (Cereopithecus kolbi). 
The forest at Escarpment is different. It contains (or contained) in some places 
numerous cedars, Podocarpus ete. In other places different kinds of trees, some with 
large leaves grow at such a distance from each other that avery dense undergrowth 
of bushes and very tall (2—3 m.) plants can develop and cover the ground. The 
Kima-monkey was common there, but a White-tailed Guereza (Colobus abyssinicus 
kikuyuensis) inhabits also the forest chiefly on the top of the mountain plateau. A 
new Galago of the Otolemur group was also secured at this place, and its screams 
could be heard almost every night from the crowns of the trees. Still more noisy 
and very numerous are the Tree Hyraxes (Procaria crawshayi). Of small rodents 
Lophuromus aquilus, Arvicanthis pumilio diminutus and Dendromys insignis were 
trapped in bush, and the Scrub Squirrel (Paraxerus jacksoni) was found to be common. 
I did not see any larger Squirrel in this forest but Mr. Woosnam showed me once two 
skins which were from the Escarpment and looked like melanistic specimens of Heliosci- 
urus kenice without any white on the foreneck. A Cephalophus was seen a couple of 
times in bush at the edge of the forest, but as I did not have any opportunity of 
shooting it, I could not ascertain to which species it belonged. Bushbucks were 
common, and a Kikuyu told me that they used to feed on some plants of the family 
