THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZLNE OF iNATURAL UlSTUKY. 



[NINTH SICRIES.] 

 No. 50. AUGUST 1922. 



XX. — On a Collection of Mammals from Chiromo and Cholo, 

 Ruo, ]\'ynsaland, made by Mr, Rodney C. Wood, with 

 Field-nutes by the Collector. By P. S. KekSHAW. 



(Published by permissioD of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



This interesting collection of beautifully prepared specimens 

 is the result of tlie labours of some years, and adds very 

 considerably to our knowledge of the distribution of tlie 

 small niamnuils of the district. Practically all the collection 

 was made at Chiromo and Cholo in the Shire Valley, about 

 17°S., 35°E. 



The fine series of Chiroptera call particularly for notice, 

 there being no less than twenty-eiglit species represented, 

 of which two are new to science. A thir.d novelty is Ura- 

 nomys icoodi from Cholo. 



Mr. Wood's field-notes are distinguished by inverted 

 commas. 



1. Oalago (Otolicnus) inoholi, A. Smith. 



cJ. 5, 298. Cholo, Ruo. 



After a comparison of all the material in the I'ritish 

 Museum, I am of opinion that O. rnossamhicus, Pet., is 

 identical with G. inoholi. The type of the latter is much 

 faded, but more recent specimens from the neighbourhood of 



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