1900.] ON MAMMALS FROM SOUTHERN ABYSSINIA. 79 



Plate VII. 



Fig. 1. Grypotherium listai ; plaster cast of brain-cavity, right lateral, upper 

 (1 a), and lower (1 b) aspects, one-half nat. size, c, cerebrum ; cb., 

 cerebellum ; /., infilling of foramen lacerum posterius ; ol., olfactory 

 lobes ; IT., IV., V., VII., VIII., XII., exits of nerves as numbered. 



Plate VIII. 



Fig. 1. Grypotherium listai; inner aspect of part of skin of flank, somewhat 

 abraded, showing ossicles, one-half nat. size. 

 2. Ditto; group of dermal ossicles exposed from outer face, onedialf nat 

 size. 



Plate IX. 



Fig. 1. Grypotherium listai\; epidermal sheath of claw of fourth digit of manus, 

 inferior and lateral (1 a) aspects, two-thirds nat. size. 



2. Felis onga, var. ; portion of right humerus, anterior aspect and lower 



part of posterior aspect (1 a), two-thirds nat. size. 



3. Arctotherium sp. ; portion of distal end of right femur, anterior and 



outer (3 a) aspects, two-thirds nat. size. 



3. On the Mammals obtained in Southern Abyssinia by 

 Lord Lovat during an Expedition from Berbera to the 

 Blue Nile. By W. E. de Winton, E.Z.S. 



[Keceived December 13, 1899.] 



(Plate X.) 



Lord Lovat's party consisted of five Europeans, including 

 Mr. H. Weld Brunei ell, and Mr. Harwood as Naturalist. Starting 

 from Berbera about the middle of December 1898, and travelling 

 via Machanis Hill and Fijambiro, they reached Harrar towards 

 the end of the month, and continuing almost west via Shola, Laga 

 Hardim, and Jiffa Densa, they arrived at Addis Abeba towards 

 the end of January 1899. 



During February an expedition was made to the northward via 

 Wogodi and Koosa to Borameda, only some 20 miles south of 

 Magdala ; then turning a little to the eastward, they returned by 

 way of the Djimma Valley via Kombolsha, Ticka Chika, and 

 Angolala. 



Finally leaving Addis Abeba at the end of February, the 

 expedition travelled due west via Managasha, Sellen, Groodur, 

 Chellika, Bilo, and Lekemti to about 35° E. ; then turning to the 

 north via Mendi, they crossed the Dabus Biver at about 10° N., 

 and so on through the Beni Schongul, crossing the Blue Nile at 

 Famaka, and following the eastern or right bank of the river past 

 Boseires, they reached Karkjof towards the end of May 1899, 



whence a passage was obtained in a boat to Khartoum. 



The valuable collection of Birds brought home by the expedition 



will be found fully described by Mr. W. B. Ogilvie Grant in the 



* Ibis ' for January 1900, where a map of the route is also given. 



The collection of Birds has been presented to the British Museum, 



