798 Mtt. W. H. 1)B WINTOPT Oif SOME HODEHTS [NoV. 1 7, 



79. Stbbpsiceeos kitdit, Gray. 

 (P. Z. S. 1894, p. 145.) 



80. TKAGELAPnus ANGASi, Angas. 

 (Scl. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 98.) 

 Zoinba, 1893 (A. Whyte). 



Mantanns, near Chiloiiio, Oct. 1894. Presented by Lieut. Gr. 

 Oliver, ll.N. 



81. TuAOBLAPiius SOKIPT0S ifouALEYNi, Gord. Cumm. 

 (P. Z. S. 1893, p. 505 ; 1894, p. 145.) 



Two males. Top of Mount Zoiiiba. Presented by Mr. Alfred 

 Sliarpe. 



Zomba, Dec. 11, 1893 {A. Whyte). 



82. Manis temmincki, Smuts. 



(P. Z. S. 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 Matabcleland, 

 with short Field-Notes by the Collectors. By W. E. 

 DE WiNTON, r.Z.S. 



[Keceived August 31, 1896.] 

 (Plate XL.) 



I. Me. Dauling's Collection. 



By the kindness of the authorities of the British Museum I 

 have been allowed to work out the Eodents 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 thinli 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. 9cZ. per lb. 



With a further consignment we may hope to receive duplicates 



