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12, tip of incisors to coronoid 11*1, tip of incisors to angle 13o, 

 height (angle to coronoid) 6-6, length of lower molar series 3*1. 



The skull of the type is unfortunately crushed, so that full de- 

 scription or measurements are impossible; another skull is likewise 

 much damaged, and being broken in two across the frontals dividing 

 the molar series, the measurement of the tooth-row cannot be 

 taken with absolute accuracy, and other measurements which it 

 would be desirable to record are not possible. The skull resembles 

 other species of Dendromys in general form. 



The molars resemble those of Dendromys typicm in the strongly 

 cuspidate form of the. first tooth with numerous small supplemen- 

 tary cusps, while the second and third are flat on the surface and 

 laminate, with one more fold than in the teeth of Mus. 



11. Taohyoeyctes splendens. 



2 . Shola, 7000 ft., 9th January, 1899. 



"Caught on black soil, working near the surface; native name 

 'Parr'." 



12. Procavia shoana. 



6 • Wogodi, 9000 ft., 6th February, 1899. 



•' Shot among rocks, out of a colony. Half size; observed one 

 yellow. Burrs in fur of all. Native name ' Sessa '." 



Examples of the following larger mammals were obtained during 

 the trip. At Machanis Hill on the border of the Haud — Bubalis 

 swaynei, Gazella soemmerrinyi, Lithocranius walleri, Madoqua 

 phillipsi ; in the Djimma valley — Strepsiceros imberbis; to the north 

 of Addis Abeba — Cervicapra bohor, as well as Lions and Servals ; 

 in the Beni Schongul country, between the Dabus and Blue Nile — 

 Bubalis s~p. inc., Trayelaphus decula, Cephalophus abyssinicus, Ourebia 

 montana, Dorcotragus megalotis, as well as numerous Elephants and 

 Wart-Hogs ; in the Blue Nile valley — C'obus def asset, Hippotrayus 

 equinus, Oryx beisa, and Strepsiceros kudu. 



I leave the specific identification of the Hartebeeste from the 

 Blue Nile undetermined for the present, for there appears to be 

 much uncertainty as to the range of the different species. Herr 

 Oscar Neumann has lately stated (SB. Gesellsch. naturf. Fr. Berlin, 

 1899, p. 70) that Bubalis jacksoni from near Lake Naivasha and 

 Heuglin's species B. lelwel from the White Nile are identical. I 

 consider this statement should be received with reserve, for, on 

 comparing typical specimens of the two forms as represented in the 

 British Museum, I find them very widely distinct. Again, on com- 

 paring a large number of skulls, from the White and Blue Niles, 

 Lake .Rudolf (B. nmmarmi, named after Mr. Arthur Neumann), 

 and a fine series obtained by Mr. F. J. .Jackson from between 

 Lakes Baringo and Naivasha, there will be seen a complete bridging 

 over of all the differences, and it may be found that all these forms 

 are but local races of the same species. 



By far the most important point with regard to the larger 



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