82 EINAR LONNBERG, MAMMALS COLLECTED BY THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITION ETC. 
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WROUGHTON’S SANDBERG’S 
type of female specimen 
F.c beire from Pweto 
mm. mm. 
Greatest length of skull. ........... 128 118 
Basilar length ¢75). - 5-6 © = sae ees 108 99,5 
Zygomatic breadth ......+.+-++-+-++-s 91 74,5 
Combined length of p* and p*. .......-. 26 23,5 
Length and breadth of upper carnassial . . . - 16X8 14,5 X 6,8 
Length of lower molar... +--+ + eee L238: Mee 
Beutlee. 5) beiie, fale. coe. pume) Wa: Meve wom es) ie) Bis) Aetes 26.5 25,2 
As the differences between the sexes of F. c. hindei are not so great (conf. 
above) as between these skulls referred to F. c. beire it is possible that when more 
material is available the Serval of Pweto will prove to be a small-headed and small- 
toothed subspecies of its own, although very closely allied to F. c. beire. The in- 
teresting thing is, however, that a small-spotted and pale Serval occupies a district, 
Beira—Lake Mweru, which separates the native country of the large-spotted F’. ¢. 
hindei (Brit. and Germ. E. Afr.) from the South African home of F. ¢. capensis, which 
also is comparatively large-spotted. 
Felis ocreata GmMELin subsp.? 
At Juja farm when looking for small birds I saw one evening a Wild Cat in 
rather high grass but owing to the small shot in my gun I failed to kill it. Mrs. 
Mc Mitian told me that the wild Cats interbred with the domesticated Cats at 
Juja farm. 
A glimpse of a Wild Cat was also seen in high grass at Kagio between Fort 
Hall and Embu boma., 
Mr. Hampson of Nairobi showed me two skins of Wild Cats trapped at Es- 
carpment. 
This species is thus probably to be found in suitable localities a little every- 
where in Brit. East Africa but difficult to obtain. Without material for comparison 
it is impossible for me to say to which subspecies the Wild Cat of Brit. East Africa 
belongs,’ but Pocock has expressed as a supposition that a Cat caught at Nyiri near 
Fort Hall (not in Uganda!) belongs to the race F. 0. ugande ScHWANN (conf. Proc. 
Zool. Soc. London 1907, p. 668). 
1 In this connection I am able to add a little to the knowledge about Felis ocreata mellandi Scuwaxn 
(Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, Vol. XIII, p. 423) of which a very fine male specimen has been presented to 
this Museum by Mr. A. Saypperc of Bulawayo. This specimen corresponds fully with Scuwann’s description (I. ¢.) 
as far as it reaches, except that the underfur on the median line is not »dark brown or black» as is stated in 
the »key» (1. ¢. p. 426). It is black on the nape and fore-head but not on the body anywhere. It is there 
mostly dull cinnamon buff but in some places, as above the shoulders dull greyish brown. As Scuwany’s speci- 
mens were mutilated with regard to their tails I may state that the tail is rather long, measuring in the tanned 
