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1^, tip of incisors to coronoid 11"1, tip of incisors to angle 135, 

 height (angle to coronoid) 6-6, length of lower molar series 3*1. 



The skull of the type is unfortunately crushed, so that full de- 

 scription or measurements are impossible; another skull is likewise 

 much damaged, and being broken in two across the frontals dividing 

 the molar series, the measurement of the tooth-row cannot be 

 taken with absolute accuracy, and other measurements which it 

 would be desirable to record are not possible. The skull resembles 

 other species of Dendromys in general form. 



The molars resemble those of Dendromys typicus in the strongly 

 cuspidate form of the first tooth with numerous small supplemen- 

 tary cusps, while the second and third are flat on the surface and 

 laminate, with one more fold than in the teeth of Mus. 



11. Tachyoeyctes splendens. 



2 . Shola, 7000 ft., 9th January, 1899. 



" Caught on black soil, working near the surface ; native name 

 'Parr'." 



12. PltOCAYIA SHOANA. 



6 ■ Wogodi, 9000 ft., 0th February, 1899. 



'* Shot among rocks, out of a colony. Half size ; observed one 

 yellow. Burrs in fur of all. Native name ' Sessa '." 



Examples of the following larger mammals were obtained during 

 the trip. At Machanis Hill on the border of the Haud — Bubalis 

 swaynei, Gazella soemmerringi, Lithocranius walleri, Madoqua 

 j)hillipsi ; in the Djimma valley — Strepsiceros imberbis; to the north 

 of Addis Abeba — Cervicapra bohor, as well as Lions and Servals ; 

 in the Beni Schongul country, between the Dabus and Blue Nile — 

 Bubaliss]). inc., Trayelaplms decula, Cephalophus abyssinicus, Ourebia 

 montana, Dorcotrayus megalotig, as well as numerous Elephants and 

 Wart-Hogs ; in the Blue Nile valley — Cobus clef asset, Hippotrayus 

 equinus, Oryx beisa, and Strepsiceros kudu. 



I leave the specific identification of the Hartebeeste from the 

 Blue Nile undetermined for the present, for there appears to be 

 much uncertainty as to the range of the different species. Herr 

 Oscar Neumann has lately stated (SB. Gresellsch. naturf. Fr. Berlin, 

 ] 899, p. 76) that Bubalis jacksoni from near Lake Naivasha and 

 Heuglin's species B. lelivel from the White Nile are identical. I 

 consider this statement should be received with reserve, for, on 

 comparing typical specimens of the two forms as represented iu the 

 British Museum, I tind them very widely distinct. Again, on com- 

 paring a lar^e number of skulls, from the White and Blue Niles, 

 Lake Budolf (B. neumanni, named after Mr. Arthur Neumann}, 

 and a fine series obtained by Mr. F. J. Jackson from between 

 Lakes Baringo and Naivasha, there will be seen a complere bridging 

 over of all the differences, and it may be found that all these forms 

 are but local races of the same species. 



By far the most important point with regard to the larger 



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