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Bah. Type locality Mandeira, Somali. (Type, B.M. 

 no. 97. 8. 9. 7 : Dr. Atkinson.) 



98. 3. 9. 3. N. Haud, Somali {C. V. A. Peel). 



3. Mungos ochraceus perfulvidus, Thos, 



1904. Hej-pestes ochraceus perfulvidus, Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 xiv. p. 96. 



Thomas describes tliis species as unannulated, " uniform 

 bright ochraceous on head, body, and outer side of limbs." 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 275 mm. ; tail 220 ; hind foot 51 ; ear 25. 



Skull : condylo-basal length 51*5 ; basilar length 53*5 ; 

 greatest breadth 34 ; palate breadth across p"* 19 ; length 

 c-m^ 20. 



The above measurements of body and tail seem to me to 

 be open to doubt. There is nothing to show that this form 

 differs at all strikingly in size from the two preceding ones. 



Hah. Type locality Wardair, Somali. (Type, B.M. no. 

 4. 5. 9. 9 : Capt. Dunn.) 



7.4.4.1-2. Ber, near Burao, Somali {Mr. Drake Brock- 

 man). 



4. Mungos melanurus, Mart. 

 1836. Cynictis melanurus, Martin, P. Z. S. p. 56. 



Martin's description is very meagre, but, besides the actual 

 type, there are several specimens from the same and neigh- 

 bouring localities. The following is a short general descrip- 

 tion of this form : — General colour " burnt sienna." Hairs 

 of back short(10-12mm.), "orange-rufous," ringed and tipped 

 with black, forming a grizzling which tends to produce trans- 

 verse alternate dark and light bands, this tendency extending 

 much further forward than in the Abyssinian forms, visible 

 even on the neck behind the ears ; face the same colour as 

 the back, but much more finely grizzled ; tail coloured as 

 back, witli the usual black tip. 



Dimensions : — 



Head and body 300 mm. ; tall 280 ; hind foot 53. 



Skull : condylo-basal length (circ.) 63 ; basilar length 

 (circ.) 58 ; zygomatic breadth 34 ; palate breadth across 

 ^/ 21 ; length c-m} 23. 



Hah. Type locality Sierra Leone. (Type, B.M. no. 

 55. 12. 24. 229.) 



72.2.22.2. Ashanti. 



76. 10. 28. 9. Gold Coast {Gol. Strachan). 

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