APPENDIX III 



Mammals^ — By the Honourable Walter 

 Rothschild, Ph.D., F.Z.S. 



It was owing to the interest aroused by the question of the identity 

 of Riippell's reedbuck, that I undertook to write this appendix on 

 the mammals collected by Mr. Powell -Cotton. He brought back 

 specimens of thirty-five species, and in this paper I have enumerated 

 thirty-seven species more or less in detail. At the end I have also added 

 a few rough notes by Mr. Powell - Cotton on certain other animals. 

 Although there were no new species or sub-species in the collection, 

 it was of the greatest interest, and the task of zoologists in working 

 out the species sent to them from abroad would be infinitely easier, if 

 all collectors brought together such magnificent series and made such 

 careful notes. The collection is essentially that of a hunter and 

 explorer, and not such a one as a professional zoological collector 

 might have got together, for there is an entire absence of the smaller 

 insectivora and rodents, and many well-known small mammals of other 

 groups are missing ; but the collection is undoubtedly one of the finest 

 ever brought out of Abyssinia. The most interesting species are 

 certainly the ibex {Capra zvalie), the "wolf" {Canis simensis), and the 

 mantled baboon {Theropithecus gelada), of all of which the fine series 

 sent quite cleared up the history, so far as their appearance and 



1 Measurements in inches ; weights in pounds. 



Height. — In a straight line from a stick placed perpendicularly at the withers to the 

 heel of the fore-foot. 



Girth. — -Taken directly behind the fore-legs. 



Length. — Along curves from muzzle, to a line drawn across front edge of horns (or 

 ears, in the case of hornless animals), to root of tail, to end of tail. 



Weight. — Taken with Salter's spring balance ; as the animal fell, if it did not exceed 

 200 lbs., if heavier, then cut up and the portions weighed. 



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