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LXTII. — On a Collection of Mammals from Tanganyika 

 .Territory, By P. S. Kershaw. \ 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



This collection, which was sent to the British Museum 

 for identification by the Game Warden of the Territory, 

 Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton, is of great interest, and has 

 brought to light several new species. Both large and small 

 mammals are included. The former include particularly 

 fine series of spotted hysenas and river-hogs, which admirably 

 illustrate the differences in pelage due to age. 



The bulk of the collection was contributed by the Game 

 Warden and his Assistant Game Warden, Mr. Arthur 

 Loveridge, and their native employees. Other specimens 

 were secured by Mr. C. B. Goss and Mr. D. W. Bishopp, 

 Assistant Game Wardens, Mr. D. K. S. Grant, Conservator 

 of Fore ts, while Mrs. Billinge of Rumruli, Iringa, has sent 

 a skin of the rare monkey Colobus gordonorum, and two 

 eland skins, one of which needs description as a new form. 



All the type-specimens have been presented by the Game 

 Department to the British Museum, as well as those of 

 other species, which in some cases were not represented 

 in the Museum collection. For these valuable donations 

 I beg to express to the Game Warden, Mr. Swynnerton, 

 the thanks of the Trustees. 



As many of the localities are not to be found on most 

 maps, I have added the approximate longitude and latitude 

 the first time the names appear in the paper. 



1. Colobus palliatus, Pet. 

 K. 199 (2 skins). Iringa (?), 35° 35' E., 7° 50' S, 



2. Colobus (Piliocolobus) gor donor am ^ Matsch. 



K. 193. Iringa District (topotype). 



This skin, a flat one, is the first example of this species to 

 be received by the Museum. It is much worn, the hairs 

 being very short. The whole dorsal area from the tail to 

 the black of the shoulders is rusty-red with a trace of black. 

 According to Matschie this area should be shining black. 

 He says, however, that the hairs have an orange band below 

 the black tip. The worn state of the pelage will probably 

 account for this discrepancy. In any case, there is much 

 iridividual variation in the colour of the red members of 



