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Kilimanjaro Giraflfe {G. camelopardalis tippelskirchl), based on 

 specimens recently received at the Natural History Museum. 



A second communication from Mr. Lydekker, on Dolphins from 

 Tra van core, was also read. In it the author made special reference 

 to two specimens of the genus Tursiops, drawings and particulars 

 of which had been supplied to him from the Trevandrum Museum, 



A paper by Messrs. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., and Harold 

 Schwann, F.Z.S., giving an accovint of a second collection of 

 Mammals made by Mr. C. H. B. Grant for Mr C. D. Rudd's 

 exploration of South Africa, was read. 



The collection, which had been presented to the National 

 Museum by Mr. Eudd, was made in the Wakkerstroom district 

 of the South-eastern Transvaal and includes examples of twenty- 

 six species. 



Several local subspecies were described, besides the following 

 new Shrew from Zululand : — 



Myosorex sclateri, sp. n. 



Allied to Myosorex varius, but larger and darker. General 

 colour dark bistre-brown instead of grey. 



Dimensions of the type (male) : — Head and body 99 mm. ; 

 tail 53 ; hind foot 16 ; ear 10-5, 



Skull : basal length 22 ; greatest breadth across brain-case 12*5 ; 

 length of upper tooth-series 10-5. 



ffab. Ngoye Hills, Zululand : alt. 250 m. 



Tijpe. Male. B.M. no. 4.12.3.12. 



Mr. R. I. PococK, F.Z.S., read a paper on the Greater Kudu 

 of Somaliland, and pointed out that the northern form of Strepsi- 

 ceros strepsiceros differed from the southern in having only about 

 fiA^e white stripes instead of nine or ten on each side of the body. 

 The northern form should thus rank as a distinct subspecies, for 

 which the name chora was available. The difference in coloration 

 seemed to be correlated with a difference of habitat, the northern 

 form frequenting more mountainous and less thickly- wooded 

 cx)untry than the southern, which was frequently found in the 

 thick jungle along river-banks as well as in the hills. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will 

 be held on Tuesday, the 7th March, 1905, at half -past Eight 

 o'clock P.M., when the following communications will be made : — 



1. Sir Harry Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B.— Notes on the 

 Mammals and Birds of Libei-ia. 



2. Mr. Cryil Crossland, F.Z.S. — The (Ecology and Deposits 

 of the Cape Yerde Marine Fauna. 



