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EINAR LONNBBRG, MAMMALS COLLECTED BY THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITION ETC. 



Greatest length of skull 



Basilar length 



Zygomatic breadth 



Combined length ot p" and p* 



Length and breadth of upper carnassial 

 Length of lower molar 



BulIiE . . , 



As the differences between the sexes of F. c. hindei are not so great (conf. 

 above) as between these skulls referred to F. c. beirce it is possible that when more 

 material is available the Serval of Pweto will prove to be a small-headed and small- 

 toothed subspecies of its own, although very closely allied to F. c. beirce. The in- 

 teresting thing is, however, that a small-spotted and pale Serval occupies a district, 

 Beira — ^Lake Mweru, which separates the native country of the large-spotted F. c. 

 hindei (Brit, and Germ. E. Afr.) from the South African home of F. c. capensis, which 

 also is comparatively large-spotted. 



Felis ocreata Gmblik subsp.? 



At Juja farm when looking for small birds I saw one evening a Wild Cat in 

 rather high grass but owing to the small shot in my gun I failed to kill it. Mrs. 

 Mo MiLLAK told me that the wild Cats interbred with the domesticated Cats at 

 Juja farm. 



A glimpse of a Wild Cat was also seen in high grass at Kagio between Fort 

 Hall and Embu boma, 



Mr. Hampson of Nairobi showed me two skins of Wild Cats trapped at Es- 

 carpment. 



This species is thus probably to be found in suitable localities a little every- 

 where in Brit. East Africa but difficult to obtain. Without material for comparison 

 it is impossible for me to say to which subspecies the Wild Cat of Brit. East Africa 

 belongs,^ but Pocock has expressed as a supposition that a Cat caught at Nyiri near 

 Fort Hall (not in Uganda!) belongs to the race F. o. ugandce Schwann (conf. Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. London 1907, p. 668). 



^ In this connection I am able to add a little to the knowledge about Felis ocreata mellandi Schwakn 

 (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, Vol. XIII, p. 423) of which a very fine male specimen has been presented to 

 this Museum by Mr. A. Sandbekg of Bulawayo. This specimen corresponds fully with Schwann's description (1. c.) 

 as far as it reaches, except that the underfur on the median line is not »dark brown or black » as is stated in 

 the »key» (1. c. p. 426). It is black on the nape and fore-head but not on the body anywhere. It is there 

 mostly dull cinnamon buff but in some places, as above the shoulders dull greyish brown. As Schwann's speci- 

 mens were mutilated with regard to their tails I may state that the tail is rather long, measuring in the tanned 



