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hesitation may be referred to the same species were also caught at Fort Hall, at 

 Ruiru river, at a village about 2 days march south of Meru boma etc. I am less 

 sure about the identity of some Rats from Kagio because it is not easy to distin- 

 guish this species from young E. effectus. 



Epimys jacksoni Db Winton. 



De Winton: Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1897, Ser. 6, Vol. XX, p. 318. 



Specimens of this long-tailed Rat were collected in the lower forest region of 

 Kenia, and a little outside the same between Embu boma and Meru boma the last 

 days of January. Some of these specimens are decidedly much larger than Db Win- 

 ton's type from Ntebbe,^ but after comparison with the collections in British Museum 

 Mr. DoLLMAN has stated the identity. 



The dimensions of my three largest specimens are: 



^ Head and body .... 118 mm., tail 153 mm. 

 c? » » » .... 115 » » 140 » 



? » » » .... 116 » » 142 » 



Length of hind-foot about 26 mm. with claws, a little more than 24 without 

 them. 



This Forest Rat has also been found on Kilimanjaro (Lonnberg), and south of 

 Tanganyika (Dollman). On Ruwenzori lives a closely allied subspecies. 



Epimys denniae Thomas. 



Thomas: Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1906, Ser. 7, Vol. XVEI, p. 144. 



A specimen which well agrees with Thomas' description was caught in the 

 mixed bamboo and forest belt of Kenia at an altitude of 2,700 m. A younger and 

 darker specimen trapped at the same locality may also be referred to this species 

 in spite of the difference in colour, which may be due to its age. 



This species was originally described from Ruwenzori, and Thomas compared it 

 with E. carillus from northern Angola, Pungo Andongo, and with E. alleni from 

 West Africa and Congo. This is of interest because it proves the western affinities 

 of this Forest Rat. 



1 Thomas has, however, declared this one to be young. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1906, Ser. 7, Vol. 

 XVni, p. 145. 



