114 MR. E. C. CHUBB ON THE [ Feb. 2, 
the mammals, viz. the Elephant-Shrews, one of which, Hlephantulus 
rupestris myurus, occurs Wherever there is an outcrop of granite, 
while the other, Vasilio brachyrhynchus, is found only on the 
schists. Although separated generically on dental characters, 
these two shrews are very closely allied in other respects and are of 
very similar habits. They are never found living together, how- 
ever, for whereas the latter is common at Bulawayo on the schist, 
yet on the granite only two miles west of the town, and also at 
Helenvale about 15 miles north, and the Matopos some 40 miles 
south, it is replaced by Hlephantulus rupesiris myurus. 
As a general rule the mammals here get their new annual 
coats at the beginning of the rainy season, about October or 
November, and the contrast between the old faded coat and the 
new one is very marked in jackals killed in, say, August and 
November. 
The country slopes down from a line running north-east 
through Bulawayo, at an altitude of about 4500 feet above the 
sea, to the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers on either side, which 
are about 2000 feet and 1500 feet respectively. 
I must express my indebtedness to Mr. Oldfield Thomas, 
Dr. Knud Andersen, and Mr. R. C. Wroughton, who have been 
good enough to compare and identify a number of specimens 
for me. 
The native names are those of the Matabele, an offshoot of the 
great Zulu nation, who trekked up from the south about seventy 
years ago. The letters ‘‘c” and “q” in these names represent 
clicks. “c” is mnade by pressing the tongue against the front 
upper teeth and quickly withdrawing it, as isance. It is much 
the same sound as the expression of vexation “tut.” “q” is 
made by curling the tip of the tongue upwards against the roof 
of the mouth and quickly withdrawing it, as igaga. This click 
sounds like the ‘ pop” of a cork when extracted from a bottle. 
1. CERCOPITHECUS PYGERYTHRUS Cuv. 
There are two flat skins, without skulls, of this Monkey in the 
collection. One was obtained near Inyati and the other in the 
Matopo Hills, where the species is fairly common. 
Native name: /nkau. 
2. PAPIO sp. 
G. lv Oct, 190%, —Matopos: 
2. 6 Sept., 1907. es 
Native names: Jndwangu and Imfene. 
3. GALAGO MOSSAMBICUS Pet. 
36. 9 May, 1908. Bulawayo. 
Sul 3 Aue, 908: a5 
S. 19 March, 1908. Gambo’s, Manzamnyama River. 
Nocturnal. It lives in a thorn-tree (Acacia horrida), and 
sleeps during the day in the hollow trunk or in a roughly 
