222 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON [Mar. 3, 



of South-African mammals ^ : — " Out of five of these animals shot 

 in one herd, there were individuals showing every variation of colour 

 and marking, from the yellow and chocolate stripes to the pure 

 black and white, the stripes in some ceasing above the hock, and in 

 others being continued distinctly down to the hoof." On the whole, 

 the somewhat ugly trinomial " Equus burchelli chapmani " seems to 

 express fairly correctly the degree of distinctness to which this 

 northern race has attained. 



I am told by Mr. Thomson also that throughout his travels in 

 Eastern Equatorial Africa he has never seen any but this leg-striped 

 race of Burchell's Zebra. 



[14.] Phacochcerus, sp. 



Wart-hogs are found on Kilima-njaro up to an elevation of 8000 

 feet. 



[15.] BuBALUs CAFFER, Sparrm. (?). 



According to Mr. Johnston, Buffaloes occur commonly in the 

 forests up to 14,000 feet. Whether these are B. caffer or B. cequi- 

 noctialis, Blyth (5. centralis. Gray), is doubtful, but a magnificent 

 pair of horns brought by Mr. Thomson from the same region belong 

 undoubtedly to B. caffer ; and I therefore provisionally refer those 

 seen by Mr. Johnston to the same species. 



[16.] Strepsiceros kudu. Gray. 



Mr. Johnston states that the Kudu ranges up to no less than 

 14,000 feet, at which height it is by no means rare. 



[1/.] Neotragus, sp. 



A dwarf Antelope, perhaps N. kirki, Giinth., occurs on Kilima-njaro 

 up to an elevation of 14,000 feet. A sketch of it was brought 

 home by Mr. Johnston, and will be published in his forthcoming 

 work. 



3. On the Collection of Birds made by Mr. H. H. Johnston 

 in the Kilima-njaro District. By Captain G. E. Shelley, 

 F.Z.S.j with Field-notes by Mr. H. H. Johnston, 

 F.R.G.S. 



[Eeceived March 2, 1885.] 

 (Plates XIII. & XIV.) 



The collection contains examjtles of fifty species, includiug the 

 following six considered to he new to science : — Muscieapa johnstoni, 

 Pinarochroa hypospadia, Pratincola axillaris, Nectarinia johnstoni, 

 N. kilimensis, and Cinniris mediocris. The notes are by the 

 collector, Mr. Johnston. 



' P. Z. S. 1876, p. 282. 



