1907.] MR. R. I. POCOCK ON PALLAs's CAT. 299 



38. Nesotragus zuluensis Thos. 



c?. 1627, 1674. §. 1525, 1576, 1622. 



The examination of these specimens makes it clear that the 

 subspecies zuluensis Thos. of the Nyasan living stonianus is quite 

 constant in the essential characters in which it differs from the 

 latter, and we think ourselves justified in regarding zuluensis as a 

 distinct species. 



" Native name, ' Nhlengane.' 



" Yery common at Coguno and the whole country inland, but 

 unknown in the immediate neighbourhood of Inhambane. It 

 inhabits the dense thickets and undergrowth, where it has regular 

 tracks, and is generally observed in twos, and occasionally threes. 

 It can be easily obtained in the early mornings and late afternoons, 

 when it is found out feeding in the more open patches of bush 

 and along the Kafiir footpaths that intersect the thickets in every 

 direction, or by joining a hunt which the natives organise for the 

 special purpose of taking this species for food. It is an extremely 

 difficult buck to see when standing in the thickets, and can often 

 be heard giving a goat-like snort of alarm, although quite invisible 

 at only a few yards distance. The does greatly outnumber the 

 bucks, and it is impossible to make out the sexes in their habitat ; 

 a great proportion of the former are killed, and very old examples 

 of the latter are not often obtained." — C. H. B. G. 



39. Cervicapra arundinum Bodd. 

 S. 1591, 1593. $. 1646. 



" Kative name, ' Mhlangu.' 



" Observed only in the river- valleys, in many of which they 

 are very plentiful, often being seen six and eight together. In 

 the valley of the Inyasuni, where they are little disturbed, they 

 feed throughout the day, and are remarkably tame. Individual 

 males vary much in the thickness of the neck." — C. H. B. G. 



April 9, 1907. 

 Dr. Hexry Woodward, F.R.S., Yice-President, in the Chair. - 



Mr. R. I. Pocock, the Superintendent of the Gardens, exhibited 

 a photograph and the skull of a specimen of the Manul or Pallas's 

 Cat {Felis manul) that had recently died in the Society's JMenagerie, 

 and made some remarks on the species. 



The specimen (text-fig. 87) was i-eceived in exchange from the 

 Zoological Gardens in Calcutta, in April 1906, and died from 

 broncho-pneumonia in April 1907. It was alleged to have come 

 from Tibet. Unfortunately no exact locality was recorded ; but 

 since the coloration of the skin and the structure of the skull 

 agree with those of examples from Tibet that have been described, 



