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Total length from front of premaxilla to occipital condyle ............+: 82.5 88. 0 88.0 
Basi- cranial Percuhr(HeHSel)) 2.52 i. cee are sienna petastye hore a tetateiarera’als 75.5 82.0 81.0 
Zygomatic [SeSC ln, e ed RS eec = PINSS REA  oel UP eee Geeeee 42.0 44.0 45.5 
Length of the palate from its post. margin to post. margin of incisors 36. 0 38. 0 39.0 
Length of nasal bones in median line........-.-.2-.61--.20..----<nenees 17.0 17.0 17.0 
Least breadth behind post-orbital processes ..--.......2..++2--.52+--+- 13.0 11.5 12.0 
Length of superior molar and premolar series....-..---...-.+-+++-----+ 28.0 28.0 28.0 
Length of inferior molar and premolar series. 31.0 30.5 30.5 
Length of mandible from condylar extremity of aa 56. 0 57.5 59.5 
Depth of mandible at coronoid processs...--.-.65. 22 5-5.c-0ns-ccweeen- 21.0 22. 0 22.5 
Male, young. Taveta. 
Female. Taveta. 
Male. Taveta. 
Female. Mount Kilima-Njaro, September, 1889, 6,000 feet. 
19736. Female. Mount Kilima-Njaro, September, 1889, 6,000 feet. 
19737. Female. Mount Kilima-Njaro, September, 1889, 6,000 feet. 
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Mellivora capensis (Schreber). 
Dr. Abbott collected a single specimen of this species, on Mount 
Kilima-Njaro, and remarks that “it is rare upon the mountain.” 
19000. Male: Mount Kilima-Njaro, September, 1889, 5,000 feet. 
Canis mesomelas Schreber. 
The two specimens of this species agree well with Schrebevr’s 
original description and Wagner’s additions to the same, except in the 
following particulars as regards No. 18941: The black-tipped hairs of 
the dorsal mantle are continued down in front of the shoulders and 
across the under surface of the neck, giving this region a somewhat 
grizzled appearance which, however, is not so strong as on the shoul- 
ders. All the hairs of the tail are conspicuously black tipped, except 
those of a small area at the base of the tail underneath. The tawny 
color of the legs and flanks, which is very bright, is partially due to 
earth-staining. 
18941. Male (?). Taveta. 
19723. Mt. Kilima-Njaro. 
Otocyon megalotis (Desmarest). 
Dr. Abbott obtained three specimens of this animal—one from 
Taveta, and two from Arusha Wa-cini, south of the mountain. They 
differ from each other in color to a marked degree. The principal dif- 
ferences are as follows: 
Female: Arusha Wa-cini, October, 1889, 2,500 feet. Underfur of 
the middle of the back dusky at the base, cream-colored above. Outer 
side of the legs and the feet chestnut brown. Backs of ears (except 
at the tip), extremity and dorsum of tail light brown. The pelage 
appears worn and faded. 
