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crashing through the branches, having (I think) lost his hold and 

 fallen. I shot him as he bounded off. He was a male, three- 

 quarters grown. The trunk of the tree was rather sloping and 

 not difficult to climb. 



" The extensive marshes through which the Luapula runs imme- 

 diately before entering the south end of Mweru are the refuge 

 of many Elephants, and this is one of the few spots in the southern 

 portion of Equatorial Africa where they are still plentiful. The 

 cattle-plague has not touched them. 



" Ehinoceroses (of the Black species) are scarce throughout the 

 Mweru and Luapula Countries. I saw none on my last journey, 

 and only once came across their spoor. Buffalo and Burchell's 

 Zebra are to be seen in vast herds in the country east of Mweru 

 Lake, on the borders of the Grreat Mweru Swamp. I have seen 

 them in herds of many hundreds. Throughout Itawa, Zebras are 

 constantly met with. 



" Buffaloes are numerous on the banks of the Luapula ; Eoan 

 Antelopes throughout the country from Tanganyika west and 

 south. Reedbucks and Buslibucks are found everywhere. Elands, 

 Sable Antelopes, and Hartebeests are also seen throughout the 

 countries that I have mentioned, but are not so plentiful." 



I now proceed to give a list of the species represented iu 

 Mr. Sharpe's collection, so far as I can distinguish them. To make 

 the list of the Mammals of this district as complete as possible I 

 have added the names of some species I'epresented iu a series of 

 skins and horns from Lake Mweru transmitted home by Mr. R. 

 Crawshay (who was lately Resident at the Station called Rhodesia, 

 at the N.E. corner of Lake Mweru) along with Mr. Johnston's 

 collections. 



1. CEECOPITnECUS OPISTHOSTICTUS, sp. UOV. 



Two flat skins, which appear to have been used as dresses. So 

 far as I can tell, they belong to a Cerco/nthecus allied to G. samango 

 (see above, p. 251), but distinguished by the blackish under surface, 

 the black upper back, and the two small rufous patches on each 

 side of the tail. The species may be diagnosed as follows : — 

 Snjit'Ci pallide cinereo et nigro confertim annellaius, capite obscu- 

 riore ; cervice postica, Jvumeris cum manibus et ^^erfiitts extus et 

 Cauda {nisi ad basin) nigris ; plaga parva ad latus dorsi postici 

 utrinque castanea : suhtus nigrescens. Long. corp. 24 poll., 

 caudce 25 2J0II. 

 Hub. Africa Centr. Britann. ad Lacum Mweru. 



2. Felis seuval, Erxl. ; Elliot, Mon. Eel. pi. xxvi. 



One flat skin, apparently of this Cat, or of a nearly allied 

 species. 



3. Felis caffha, Desm. ; Elliot, Mon. pi. xxxi. 



One flat skin of a Cat of this group, which is widely spread over 

 Africa. 



