270 Mr. 0. Thomas on Mammals of 



brother Mr. John (J. Fox. Since then a furtlier collection from 

 the same region has been presented to the National Museum 

 bj the former, and I now give a list of it. 



As before, there are a number of novelties in the 

 collection, and in the cases of several of the animals a very 

 considerable increase in the known ranges of the genera has to 

 be recorded. Thus the genera Dendromus, Steatomys, and 

 Acomys all have a large extension of their range to be 

 noted. 



Nearly all the present collection is from Panyam, 4000', 

 and this place is to be understood when no locality is men- 

 tioned in the list. A few odd specimens are from Mr. J. C. 

 Fox's locality, Kabwir, 2700'. 



1. Epomophorus gamhianus, Og. 

 ? . 110. Kabwir. 



2. Erinaceus sp. 

 (J. 80 (young). 



3. Tatera kempi, Wrought. 



S. 54,66; ?. 23,34, 46,67. 



These specimens agree precisely with T. kempi in colour 

 and general cranial characters ; but their interparietal more 

 approaches the narrow shape found in T. gamhiana and others, 

 instead of the peculiar broad (antero-posteriorly) bone which 

 occurs in the type of kempi. But until more specimens of 

 the latter are obtained from S. Nigeria it is not possible to 

 judge of the constancy of this character, and I provisionally 

 use the name for ALr. Fox's gerbil. 



4. Taterillus nigerice, Thos. 



S . 26, 39, GO, 87 ; ? . 19, 22, 27, 28, 49, 59. 

 Averaging ratiier smaller than the Kabwir specimen on 

 which the species was founded. 



5. Dendromus nigrifrons, True. 



(J. 56, 61; ? . 55, 57 (young). 



Distant as is tlie type locality of D. nigrifrons^ I can find 

 no character to justify the distinction of the Nigerian tree- 

 mouse from it. 'JMie range of the species would tiierefore 

 extend from Nigeria through East Africa to the Chirinda 

 Forest, lihodesia, whence Air. Swynnertou sent some 

 specimens to the British Museum in 1908. 



