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coloured. They inhabited, undulating plateaus at an elevation of 

 from 6000 to 10,000 feet above the sea. 



The following papers were read ; — 



1. On the Mammals of Nyasaland : fourth Notice. 

 By Oldfield Thomas, F.Z.S. 



[Eeceived October 28, 1896.] 

 (Plates XXXVIII. & XXXIX.) 



The present paper contains an account of all the mammals 

 which have been received by the British Museum from Nyasaland 

 since the beginning of 1894, and forms a continuation of my three 

 previous papers on the subject \ As before, it is to the generosity 

 and scientiiic spirit of Sir llai'ry Johnston that we owe most of the 

 specimens referred to, but in addition some other members of the 

 Eritish Administration have been good enough to contribute 

 specimens on their own account, and thus to further the cause of 

 scientific research. 



Among these contributors may be specially mentioned the 

 names of Mr. Alfred Sharpe, Dr. Percy Eeudall, and Mr. H. 0. 

 McDonald, each of whom has been lucky enough to send home 

 specimens sudiciently distinct to bo described as new. 



In the following pages, where the name of the collector is put • 

 in brackets the specimens have been obtained as part of his 

 official duties in the administration, and are to be considered as 

 presented by Sir Harry Johnston ; while direct donations to the 

 Museum are shown by the words "Presented by" before the 

 name of the collector. As usual, the majority of Sir ITarry 

 Johnston's specimens have been obtained by that indefatigable 

 naturalist, Mr. Alexander Whyte. 



In order to make the list of Nyasa mammals as complete as 

 possible, I have here inserted the name of every species obtained 

 during the whole of Sir H. Johnston's explorations of Nyasa- 

 land, with references to the places in the previous three papers 

 where the species are noticed or described, and, in addition, those 

 mentioned by Mr. Sclatcr in his various papers. As a result tlie 

 present paper contains a complete list of all the mammals as yet 

 received by the Museum from Nyasaland, numbering 82 in all. 



1. COLOBUS PALLIATUS, Pet. 



(C. amjolensis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 97.) 



The receipt of more perfect Angolan specimens than were 

 formerly available shows that Peters's species is, after all, distinct, 

 by the presence of a white frontal band, from that described by 

 Selater. 



1 V. Z. S. 1802, p. 546; 1893, p. SOO ; and 1894, p. 136. 



