686 Mil. A. loveuiugk: xotks oN 



native names of nniniivls wiili any degree of nccnraey, and only 

 tlien by a lengtliy oi'oss-qnestioning can lie ho certain tliere is no 

 confusion. 



In tliis connection 1 .slionld like to express my thanks to tlio 

 llov. John Briggs; who veiy kindly and thoroughly revised my 

 whole vocnbulary of Ohigogo names, to ]\[essrs. Thomas and 

 Korshaw, for identifying nil the primates, hats, and rodents, and 

 a good many in the other groups (most of the ungulates were 

 not submitted owing to the expense of freighting them) ; to 

 Dr. Baylis, Mr. Stanley Hirst, and the late Hon. N. 0. Rothschild, 

 for kindly determining the parasitic worms, ticks, and fleas ; and 

 lastly, but not least, to my chief, 0. F. M. Swynnerton, Esq,, for 

 the encouragement and interest he has shown in my work, and 

 for permission to publish various notes jotted down whilst on 

 official journeys. 



The material mentioned in the following pages consists of 

 920 skins and skulls, comi:>rised as follows: — 



Orthr. Families. 



Primates 2 



Ohiroptera 8 



Insectivoia 3 



Rodentia 9 



Oarnivora 5 



Ungulata 5 



Totals 32 83 144 920 



As for two years of the time the writer was stationed at ICilosa, 

 in the office of the Game Department, he h:id to rely on native 

 collectors to a great extent. The success of the collecting is laigely 

 due to the enthusiasm of two brothers, Salimn and Nikola, who 

 collected over 600 skins and exhibited the greatest keenness in 

 looking for novelties. It need not be supposed that the skins aro 

 poor on this account ; on the contrary, I think they will compare 

 very favourably with any made by Europeans. 



]t is to be regretted that in the great majority of cases the 

 taking of the measurements had to be left to Nikola, but after 

 checking him on many occasions I have sufficient confidence to 

 believe that they are of some value, though it sliould be borne in 

 miinl that a native does not usually see the necessity for such 

 accuracy as does the mammalogist. Where mea.surements are 

 given in this paper they ai'e always in this order: — (i.) Length 

 from nose to vent, (ii.) Length of tail without terminal hairs, 

 (iii.) Length of hind foot without claws, (iv.) Length of ear 

 from tip to notch. In the case of bats a fifth measurement is 

 added : (v.) Length of \i ing, sometimes across outstretched wings 

 as well. All figures are in millimetres. 



Four new species and one new race have already been described 



