■298 ON MAMMALS FROM COGUNO, INHAMBANE. [Mar. 19, 



the terminal portion erlged with black. A comparison with a 

 considerable series of all the forms mentioned above shows that 

 examples of the present subspecies have a considerably shorter 

 tail and ears than is usual in any of them. Further material will 

 probably show that intergradation takes place between this form 

 and L. ocliropiis, in which case the latter will take its place in 

 the group as a subspecies. 



" Native name, ' Nfundla.' 



"Common everywhere, especially in the valley of the Inyasuni. 

 Oenerally lying up during the daytime in the clumps of small 

 bush or grass, and feeding throughout the night, when they can 

 be taken with a noose on the numerous footpaths. Numbers are 

 caught by the natives in this way, the animal being with them a 

 staple article of food."— C. H. B. G. 



34. POTAMOCHCERUS CHCEROPOTAMUS NYAS^ Maj. 



2. 1870. 



In its strong ferruginous colouring this specimen quite agrees 

 with examples from Zomba, B. C. Africa, to which Dr. Forsyth 

 Major has given (P. Z. S. 1897, p. 367) the subspecific name nyascn. 



" Native name, ' Ngulubi.' 



" Plentiful in the thickets and dense forests, but extremely 

 difficult to secure. Always observed in pairs, and more or less 

 nocturnal in habits. When pursvied, they savagely attack the 

 ilogs, repeatedly charging until killed by the hunters." — 0. H. B. G, 



35. Cephalophus natalensis A. Sm. 

 S. 1613. $. 1485, 1675. 



" Native name, ' Mungulwi ' or ' Munguli.' 



"Not common, and found in the dense forest and thickets, 

 which the ' Nhlengane' loves ; even there it is locally distributed, 

 seeming to confine itself to certain patches, from which it never 

 wanders far. Only one or two others, besides the specimen sent, 

 were observed, they were not however secured." — C. H. B. G. 



36. Cephalophus grimmi L. 

 $. 1503, 1582, 1640. 



" Native name, ' Munti.' 



" Not too common, and found both in the river- valleys and the 

 forests, visiting the Kaffir lands at night. Numbers of this and 

 other buck are taken by the natives for food." — C. H. B. G. 



37. RAPHICERrS NEUMANNI CAPRIC'ORNIS Thos. & Schw. 



S. 1571, 1592. $. 1589. 



These specimens quite agree with those from Klein Letaba, 

 N.E. Transvaal. 



" Native name, ' Isipenu.' 



" Fairly plentiful but locally distributed, confining itself to the 

 more open forest and plain, along the river-valleys, away from 

 habitations. Generally observed in pairs." — C. H. B. G. 



