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On the upper Dinder River there are still a fair number of Lions, 
following the herds of antelope. They seem to kill a good many 
Giraffe as well. Shortly above Khor Galegu we once came out at 
midday upon the open dry river bed, and discovered an old lioness 
stalking a fine Waterbuck. She had crept unseen almost within 
striking distance by taking advantage of the slight inequalities of the 
sandy ground. One of her full grown cubs was only a short distance 
away near some sheltering bushes and nearer at hand were three 
others. The Lions sighted us and made off, leaving the buck unmo- 
lested. No doubt Lions are decreasing throughout this district. 
Heller, in describing this race, refers to it a Sudanese specimen in 
the collection of the U. S. National Museum. The salient characters 
are the great breadth of the skull in combination with the small cheek- 
teeth. 
FELIS PARDUS Linné. 
Leopard. 
Felis pardus Linné, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, 1, p. 41. 
We obtained no specimen of the Leopard, and are unable to assign 
the proper subspecific title to those observed. Leopards are not rare 
in the Blue Nile valley and on the Dinder, and their tracks were occa- 
sionally seen in the dusty trails. At Fazogli they were said to be 
present on the rocky hills, whence they sometimes descended by night 
to prowl about the native villages. No doubt they feed largely on the 
_Hyraxes that live among the rocks. On the Dinder, Dr. Phillips 
came upon a company of monkeys scolding a Leopard among some 
thick bushes, but it bounded away at his approach. From its boldness 
and cunning as well as its ability to conceal itself in little cover, this 
will probably be about the last of the big cats to be driven from the 
country by the spread of settlements. 
FELIS CAPENSIS PHILLIPSI, subsp. nov. 
Phillips’s Serval. 
Type.— Adult male, skin and skeleton, 14,908 M. C. Z., from El 
Garef, Blue Nile, Sudan. January 10, 1913; Dr. John C. Phillips, 
collector. 
General Characters.— A rather pale, short-tailed form, in which the , 
body stripes are completely reduced to small spots. 
