798 MR. W. E, DE WINTON ON SOME RODENTS [Nov. 17, 
79. STREPSICEROS KUDU, Gray. 
(P. Z. 8. 1894, p. 145.) 
80. TRAGELAPHUS ANGASI, Angas. 
(Scl. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 98.) 
Zomba, 1893 (A. Whyte). 
Mantanas, near Chilomo, Oct. 1894. Presented a Lieut. G. 
Oliver, R.N. 
81. TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS ROUALEYNI, Gord. Cumm. 
(P. Z. S. 1893, p. 505; 1894, p. 145.) 
Two males. Top of Mount Zomba. Presented by Mr. Alfred 
Sharpe. 
Zomba, Dec. 11, 1893 (A. Whyte). 
82. MANIS TEMMINCKT, Smuts. 
(P. Z. 8. 1892, p. 554; 1894, p. 145.) 
2. On Collections of Rodents made by Mr. J. ffolliott Darling 
in Mashunaland and Mr. F. C. Selous in Matabeleland, 
with short Field-Notes by the Collectors. By W. E. 
DE Winton, F.Z.S. 
[Received August 31, 1896.] 
(Plate XL.) 
I.. Mr. Dartine’s CoLLection. 
By the kindness of the authorities of the British Museum I 
have been allowed to work out the Rodents contained in the 
collection of small Mammals made by Mr. Darling during last 
year, while engaged in mining work in the Mazoe district, about 
4000 ft. above sea-level, on the headwaters of the river of the . 
same name which flows N.E. into the Zambesi. 
Collections from Africa with reliable data are always looked 
forward to with much interest, but I think that this one, from a 
district which of late has been brought so prominently before us, 
has very special recommendations. 
Every specimen has been most carefully prepared, with date of 
capture, sex, and measurements, taken in the flesh, recorded, and 
in almost every case the skull accompanies the skin; in the few 
cases when this is missing, it is fully accounted for by having been 
eaten by a hen or some evil beast; in one case the skull alone is 
sent, the skin preserved with arsenical soap and stuffed with 
cotton wool, having been eaten and vomited by a cat, was thought 
to be not worth postage, which, by the way, is 2s. 9d. per lb. 
With a further consignment we may hope to receive duplicates 
