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cat, shot near Annesley Bay I believe, which I can 

 only refer to this species. If Dr. Gray is correct in 

 uniting the various races from diiFerent parts of Africa 

 under G. tigrina, I think there can be but little doubt 

 but that the present specimen must also belong to the 

 same. It differs materially from EiippeU's figure of 

 G. abyssinica, there being, including the tip, only ten 

 black rings on the tail instead of eighteen. 



There is an Abyssinian specimen in the British Museum 

 labelled G. amer. Eiipp.,^ which is considered by Dr. Gray 

 to be a variety of G. tigrina. It differs from my speci- 

 men in being of a darker colour, and in the bands on 

 the flanks not being broken into spots. A young 

 specimen in the British Museum labelled G. abyssinica, 

 from Sennaar, has nine tail-rings. The markings are 

 very similar to those in my specimen. 



8. Herpestes mutgigella, Eiipp. 

 Eiipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 29, t. 9, f. 1. 



To this species I refer all the specimens, seven in 

 number, collected by me in Abyssinia. AU were ob- 

 tained from Senafd or Adigrat, except one- specimen 

 from Suru. They vary much in colour, some being 

 very much more rufous than others. Usually the hinder 

 part of the back is more or less rufescent. Some are 

 deep rufous brown along the whole back and on the 

 back of the head ; all have the tail tipped with black. 

 The greyest specimen of all is that from the Suru pass, 



' Evidently a MS. name merely. 



