ON HEBRIDEAN MAMMALS. 821 



P. Z. S. 1913, p. 19 (April 15)], cannot, indeed, be described 

 as a " Rooi '"' (red) Hartebeest ; and is evidently a form 

 which is either losing or acquiring — I cannot say which — the 

 rufous body-colour and deep purplish-black markings of the 

 typical southern Khama. The two races may be defined as 

 follows : — 



a. General colour rich rufous-bi-own ; face-blaze black and ex- 

 tending, with the exception of a narrow fawn band between 

 the eyes, from horns to muzzle ; limb-markings plum- colour, 

 and forming a continuous stripe on front of fore-legs. 



B. caama typica. 



h. General colour yellowish fawn; face-blaze mingled with tawny, 

 stopping short of horns and muzzle, and inten-upted b} a 

 long interval in region of eyes ; limb-markings mingled with 

 tawny, interrupted above knees, on which they form a cap, 

 and represented by a small patch on front of shanks. 



B. caama selbornei. 



46. On a Collection of Mammals from the Inner Hebrides. 

 By Gr. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, F.Z.S., and Martin 



A. C. HiNTON. 



[Received and Read April 8, 1913.] 



(Plate LXXXIV.* and Text-figures 136-138.) 



Index. 

 Systematic : Page 



Sorex grantii, s,\i. n 824 



JSvotomys alstoni, sp. n 827 



3£icrotus agrestis macffillivraii, snbs]}. n 831 



The peculiar mammals of high interest yielded by investigation 

 of the peripheral regions of the British Islands, led Barrett- 

 Hamilton to believe that further valuable results might be 

 obtained by a closer study of the mammals of the Scottish Islands. 

 The despatch and management of collectors was, however, an 

 undertaking beyond his means and available time, and the 

 matter hung fire until taken up by Mr. W. R. Ogil vie- Grant, 

 whose enthusiasm as manager and collector of funds has made 

 it possible to amass the material on which this paper is based. 



Early in 1912 Mr. R. W. Sheppard was sent to the Inner 

 Hebrides, and commencing to collect at Bute, this young naturalist 

 gradually worked his way northwards thiough the group as far as 

 Coll, which he reached in July. As small mammals are difiicult 



* Foi' explanation of tlie Plate see p. 839. 



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