452 ABBOTT’S KILIMA-NJARO MAMMALS—TRUE. 
descriptions. The skin before me can scarcely be called gray, because 
the two colors apparent in the hairs do not mingle to form a tint. It 
is rather to be called grizzled. The grizzling is produced by the annu- 
lations of the longer hairs, which are alternately black and ¢ream. 
colored, or pale buff. The hairs of the back have two or three light- 
colored rings, but about the base of the tail they have as many as five 
or six light rings. Besides these long hairs there is an underfur which 
is buff-colored in the upper half and dusky at the base. The tail is col- 
ored on both sides like the back, except in the terminal 3 inches, where 
itis black. The under surfaces of the body are buff-colored, with in- 
conspicuous dusky annulations. The feet are like the back, but with 
more buff and less black. 
The dimensions of the skull are as follows: 
Dimensions of skull No. #485% 2 ad. 
mm. 
LY 1a 1 Ne en eins Saeisees an to eee SAE AGS OS MAR Sst ol sie a dec geeaeatccss 64.5 
Breadth: - 22. 222 200-082 oso + eee tase ae ee So eee qs 
Palateength:... . 22222 a-aen + ceiae nae = oe ime ee en ea 34.5 
Palate? breadth . 2.0.2. 2.5.56 -.es ou Seen wenn eee ee oes ee eee 19.0 
Imersors’ tor Cross-line =< =. 3. < + 52. = Sect igs oe ee ee ee 23.0 
Basi-cranial axts 5552255404505 Gens ee ces eee cae oe ee ee 25.0 
The ratio of the breadth of the last premolar to that of the last molar 
is 47.2 per cent. 
39236. Female, adult. Plains east of Mount Kilima-Njaro, June, 1889. (The mam- 
mez contained milk.) 
Herpestes caffer (Gmelin). 
One adult specimen was obtained on Mount Kilima-Njaro, at an ele- 
vation of 5,000 feet. It agrees with normal specimens, except that the 
subterminal light rings of the hairs are yellowish rather than pure ~ 
white, which gives the general color a yellowish tinge. 
49348, Adult female. Mount Kilima-Njaro, September, 1889; 5,000 feet. 
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Herpestes galera (Erxl.); var. robustus. 
Two specimens were collected by Dr. Abbott on Mount Kilima-Njaro, 
an adult and a young individual. They are almost identical in color, 
except that the younger specimen has rather lighter underfur. The | 
hairs are annulated throughout. There is no white to be seen on any 
part of the body, the annulations being light brown, of the same shade 
as the underfur, or paler, and the mark at the mouth also light brown. 
The younger individual, which has the milk premolars in position, 
and the first true molar just appearing in the lower jaw, has a total 
length of 30 inches (752 millimeters), of which the tail is 10 inches (254 — 
millimeters). 
* These measurements are defined on p. 451, footnote to table. 
