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  Bibliographical 
  Notice. 
  

  

  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL 
  NOTICE. 
  

  

  A 
  Swedish 
  Expedition 
  to 
  Kilimanjaro. 
  

  

  WissenscJiaftliche 
  Ergebnisse 
  der 
  Schwedischen 
  Zoologischen 
  Expedition 
  

   nach 
  dem 
  Kilimandjaro, 
  dem 
  Meru 
  und 
  den 
  Umgebenden 
  Massai- 
  

   steppen, 
  Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 
  1905-1906, 
  xinter 
  Leitung 
  von 
  Prof. 
  

   Dr. 
  Yngve 
  Sjostedt. 
  Band 
  I. 
  Abteilung 
  1-7, 
  pp. 
  818, 
  31 
  plates 
  ; 
  

   Band 
  II. 
  Abteilung 
  8-14, 
  pp. 
  844, 
  19 
  plates; 
  Band 
  III. 
  Ab- 
  

   teilung 
  15-22, 
  pp. 
  636, 
  37 
  plates. 
  Stockholm 
  : 
  Palmquist's 
  

   Aktiebolag, 
  1910. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Yngve 
  Sjostedt, 
  of 
  the 
  Stockholm 
  Natural 
  History 
  Museum, 
  

   after 
  his 
  return 
  from 
  a 
  short 
  zoological 
  excursion 
  in 
  West 
  Africa, 
  

   was 
  inspired 
  with 
  an 
  intense 
  desire 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  detailed 
  zoological 
  

   survey 
  of 
  the 
  mightiest 
  African 
  mountain 
  and 
  the 
  surrounding 
  

   district. 
  A 
  patriotic 
  Swede, 
  Herr 
  Gustaf 
  Palmquist, 
  generously 
  

   provided 
  all 
  the 
  necessary 
  funds, 
  and 
  in 
  April 
  1905 
  Dr. 
  Sjostedt 
  

   left 
  Stockholm 
  for 
  Africa, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  his 
  taxidermist. 
  He 
  

   landed 
  again 
  in 
  Sweden 
  in 
  August 
  1906 
  with 
  enormous 
  collections 
  

   of 
  almost 
  every 
  class 
  of 
  animal 
  ; 
  some 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  statistics 
  : 
  — 
  they 
  formed 
  137 
  coolie 
  

   loads, 
  and 
  comprised 
  59,000 
  specimens, 
  referable 
  to 
  4300 
  species, 
  of 
  

   which 
  1400 
  were 
  new 
  to 
  science. 
  

  

  The 
  results 
  of 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  these 
  collections 
  are 
  set 
  forth 
  in 
  three 
  

   large 
  volumes. 
  Each 
  volume 
  is 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  several 
  Abteilungen, 
  

   most 
  of 
  which 
  again 
  are 
  subdivided 
  into 
  memoirs, 
  which 
  were 
  issued 
  

   separately 
  in 
  1907-1910. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  fewer 
  than 
  eighty-five 
  of 
  

   these 
  memoirs, 
  contributed 
  by 
  a 
  cosmopolitan 
  array 
  of 
  sixty 
  

   zoologists. 
  Dr. 
  Sjostedt, 
  besides 
  writing 
  a 
  " 
  Vorwort," 
  is 
  respon- 
  

   sible 
  for 
  eleven 
  of 
  these 
  memoirs, 
  viz. 
  those 
  dealing 
  with 
  Aves, 
  

   G3stridse, 
  Odonata, 
  Termites, 
  Orthoptera(5), 
  Crustacea 
  Decapoda, 
  

   and 
  an 
  interesting 
  account 
  of 
  " 
  myrmecophilous 
  " 
  Acacias. 
  In 
  

   the 
  " 
  Vorwort 
  " 
  a 
  general 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  faunas 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  

   areas 
  visited 
  is 
  given. 
  Dr. 
  Sjostedt 
  divides 
  Kilimanjaro 
  into 
  the 
  

   following 
  zones: 
  — 
  (1) 
  The 
  steppes 
  or 
  prairies, 
  750-1000 
  m. 
  : 
  

   the 
  Masai 
  dwell 
  and 
  herd 
  their 
  cattle 
  in 
  this 
  region, 
  which 
  is, 
  

   moreover, 
  a 
  perfect 
  paradise 
  for 
  the 
  big-game 
  hunter. 
  (2) 
  The 
  

   cultivated 
  zone, 
  extending 
  up 
  to 
  1900 
  m., 
  inhabited 
  by 
  Bantu 
  

   negroes, 
  with 
  their 
  plantations 
  of 
  bananas, 
  beans, 
  and 
  millet. 
  

   (3) 
  The 
  rain-forest, 
  1 
  900-3000 
  m. 
  (4 
  ) 
  Mountain 
  plateaux 
  (Berg- 
  

   wiesen), 
  3000-4400 
  m. 
  (5) 
  High 
  alpine 
  zone, 
  extending 
  from 
  

   4400 
  m. 
  to 
  the 
  summit. 
  Dr. 
  Sjostedt, 
  who 
  claims 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  the 
  

   first 
  zoologist 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  snowfields 
  of 
  Kilimanjaro, 
  found 
  at 
  

   the 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  snow 
  (5500 
  m.) 
  a 
  Collembola 
  living 
  under 
  

   stones 
  and 
  a 
  Lycosid 
  spider, 
  which 
  he 
  suggests 
  lives 
  on 
  " 
  Winter- 
  

   miicken." 
  Large 
  collections 
  were 
  also 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  neighbouring 
  

   Mt. 
  Meru, 
  and 
  the 
  caves 
  at 
  Tanga 
  near 
  the 
  coast 
  were 
  explored. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Einar 
  Lbnnberg 
  describes 
  the 
  mammals, 
  reptiles, 
  batrachians, 
  

   and 
  fishes. 
  Only 
  three 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  mammals 
  were 
  obtained 
  — 
  a 
  

   bat 
  and 
  two 
  hyenas, 
  — 
  but 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  new 
  local 
  races 
  or 
  

  

  