KUNGL, SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 48. wN:o 5. 81 
Q from | Wroven- 
Thika river | shasta oi 
mm, mm, 
Greatest length of skull. . 1.65 . swe csc ll4 120 
GMM OUOUIE volta MM ole e bh eal ender ie tne ug 2.0 95,5 07 
PAVGGMIAUG FORO “ais yo oe Roe wes) % te ene ceus 76 81 
Combined length of ph and p*. .............. 24). 20 22 
Length of upper carmassial ..... +++ eevee 13 13 
Breadth of upper carnassial. ........ + ese 5 6 
Length of lower molar . . . 2 .0.e.s:s eee eee 9,5 | 9,5 
PeOGU ORDO Ts sos Wy wha css es he 6s suas 22 23 
A skull of a male Serval from Natal in this museum has larger dimensions 
even than WRoUGHTON’s type specimen of the present race. The basicranial length 
of the Natal specimen is about 107 mm., zygomatic breadth 88 mm., combined length 
of p* and p* 23 mm., length of bullae 27 mm. The last dimension is the most 
striking. 
Wrovauton’s type was from Machakos, Brit. East Africa, but other specimens 
are recorded in Brit. Museum from Aberdare Range. The place where the present 
specimen was collected is situated some distance north of the type locality. The 
range of the subspecies extends, however, also southwards to the Kilimanjaro district 
which is proved by a skin obtained by Ss6strepr from natives in that country and 
which displays the same general pattern of colouration as the specimen from Thika 
river. 
The latter specimen was observed in the forenoon °°; 1911 skulking through 
long grass but was betrayed by its long ears visible above the grass. Mr. A. Ss6- 
GREN and I started to go on either side of it so as to intercept it, and the former 
got the opportunity of shooting it. 
The geographical distribution of the different races of Serval are imperfectly 
known as yet. The following contribution to the knowledge of this may therefore 
deserve to be published. Some short time ago I had the pleasure of receiving from 
Mr. A. SANDBERG a skin and a skull of a female Serval obtained near Pweto (Mpueto) 
in Belgian Congo at the northern end of Lake Mweru. This Serval agrees with regard 
to colour and pattern very closely with Felis capensis beire Wroucuton' from Beira, 
Portuguese East Africa. The skull as well as the teeth are smaller than the cor- 
responding parts of the type of F’. c. beire as the following comparison indicates but 
this is possibly due to difference in sex. 
' Described in the same paper as F. ¢. hindei. 
K. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. Band 48. N:o 5. 11 
