1869. | REPORT OF MR. W. JESSE. 117 
drawing to a close, we left Maraguay on the 3lst of July on our 
return journey. When I arrived at Waliko, to which place Capt. 
Mokeler had preceded us, I found that he had been charged by 
a herd of some twenty Elephants, and had been forced to make 
good his escape into a tree, after hard running, and having left a 
bullet in the head of a large bull. At a later date I found myself 
in the same disagreeable predicament, and under a like disagreeable 
necessity. At Waliko I found two species of crested Cuckoo and 
the English Cuckoo. I also obtained a Bateleur Eagle, two species 
of Tortoise, and a small Squirrel. I must here state that Waliko 
is not, as represented in the map, on the right side of the river, but 
on the left, running down stream. From here we crossed over to 
Gabena Weld Gonfallon, or the River-plain, where Mr. Blanford 
and Capt. Mokeler killed a Rhinoceros. We returned by the old 
route to Kokai and Gelamet, and then branched off to Rairo; here 
we stopped two days collecting. On the 15th of August we moved 
on again to Mombarharattby, where we killed a Lioness, one out of 
four, the others running away,—from this place to Ain (where we 
reentered our former route), which we quitted on the 17th of Au- 
gust for Amba and Mai Wallet. Mr. Blanford and I stayed in Amba 
from the 19th to the 21st, trying to obtain specimens of the “ Oryx 
beisa.”” I unfortunately did not even see one; Mr. Blanford pro- 
cured four specimens. We went from Amba to Massowah, which I 
left on the 27th for England. 
I append a list of my collections, full information relative to 
which will appear at a later date :— 
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Aaococomwrwre sh 
Skins of mammals, about .......... 
Skull of an aboriginal ............ 
Skull of African Elephant.......... 
Skeleton of Rhinoceros . desis 
Heads of Antelope................ 
Skeletons of other mammals, about .. 
Skins of birds, about.............. 
Birds and Mammals in spirit, about. . 
Reptiles in spirit, about ........... 
Tortoises and Lizards, about........ 
Mish vabouts.O0, 2.938 Ma fo egeLio 2 30 
Crastacea; about. 32). Petcare ood. Os 50 
Lepidoptera, about................ 150 
Coleoptera,abouty si afagssicd oiers:e's os 200 
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Total number of specimens, about.. 1250 
The following living specimens were also forwarded to the Zoolo- 
gical Society from Zoulla :— 
Noung Wild Cats #1) 6i)45 0 .cesion 2 
Jerboa-like Land-Rats .......... 2 
Guincastowlsts cee ee. 2 
* These were the only specimens forwarded by Mr. Jesse that reached the 
Society alive. They were the young of Felis maniculata, Riippell—P. L. 8. 
