I'KEFACi:. Vll 



and Co. Lt<l. and Rowland Ward Ltd., respectively. The 

 Zoological Society of London has alhnved the reprinting o£ extracts 

 from two papers hy Selous that ai)peared in the ' Proceedings ' for 

 1<S81. The tlianks of the Trustees ai-e also due to Mr. Leo 

 Weinthal, O.li.E., for permission to reproduce the excellent 

 ])()rtrait of Selous, which was taken by him in 1906. 



C. TATE KVEGAN, 



Keeper of Zoolocjij. 



British Muskum (Natural History), 

 November 20. 1921. 



