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there is a scanty and shaggy fringe of long, semi- 
erect, and partially porrect hairs. 
Length from the crown of the head to the 
root of the tail 12 English inches ( = 300 mm.); 
length of the tail 19 inches ( = 475' mm.). 
Locality. — Molinga (PMlungu), Lake Mweru,. 
The great interest attaching to this monkey 
lies in its remarkable coloration, which is unique 
in the genus Cercocebus. That the specimen is 
not a true and complete albino is shown by the 
normal tint of the eyes. It may be an albinescent 
variety of some species of Cercocebus, but of this 
there is as yet no proof. In the paper containing 
the description of C. Hamlyni I have discussed 
the possibility of the types of that species and of 
C. congicus being partially albino sports of C. 
albigena Rothschildi or an allied species. The 
reasons therein given for dismissing the hypothe- 
sis of albinism apply also^ to the present case, 
except for the total absence in this species of pat- 
tern showing symmetrical arrangement. More- 
over, C. Jamrachi differs from the three forms just 
named and resembles the typical form of Cerco- 
cebus albigena in possessing a brow-fringe and in 
the shortness of the hair on the cheeks. Hence it 
cannot be regarded, on the evidence, as a further 
stage in the albinescence, if albinescence it 1 be, 
raceable from C. albigena Rothschildi to C. con- 
gicus and thence to C. Hamlyni. In fact, C. 
Jamrachi stands by itself. It may be at once dis- 
tinguished from C. albigena albigena, its nearest 
ally, by its uniformly whitish coloration. 
A further point to be noted in connexion with 
this species is its occurrence in a locality lying 
about 10' degrees S. latitude in tropical Africa. It 
is, therefore, the southernmost representative of 
the genus Cercocebus known up to the present 
time. 
I have no general remarks to make about this 
most interesting specimen, only this, that being 
at the Zoological Gardens shortly after its arrival 
with a celebrated hunter and traveller from the 
Belgian Congo, he considered it an albinescent 
variety of some species of Mangabey. 
JOHN D. HAMLYN. 
Some Observations on the importation of 
Living Foreign Animals into Europe. 
By G. DE Southoff, F.Z.S. 
(Translated from the "Bulletin of the French 
National Acclimatization Society," No. 8, August 
1916, by Frank Finn, B.A.). 
The filling up of gaps, the encouragement of 
good-will — so might run the sub-title of these 
observations. All we set out to do here is to* give 
a brief survey of the difficulties presented by this 
interesting branch of commerce, in which German 
enterprise was, if not supreme, at all events pre- 
ponderant, before the war. The animal dealers 
and their customers, foreign animal keepers, 
among whom we are, will be able, out of their 
practical knowledge of the subject, to fill up any 
deficiencies in what we are going too* say, and 
people in a position to take this reminder into con- 
sideration will see that it is a brief sketch stripped 
of all that is superfluous. 
The importations of live foreign animals are 
the work of men who too often play a risky game 
to please a difficult and varied body of patrons. 
In most cases this is forgotten, and they are 
looked upon as profiteers whose professional con- 
science is subject to annoying fluctuations. We 
hasten to say that his is a wrong view, for no 
trade offers so much difficulty to the seller, inso- 
much as he is very seldom in the position to> guar- 
antee his goods, while the customer is always 
ready to find fault with them. Like dealers in 
fruit, animal dealers of all classes have to keep 
down to its lowest limits the interval of time 
which passes between the arrival and the sale 
of their goods. Economists and traders are in 
agreement on this point. Thus they cannot be 
responsible for the state of health of the animals 
they offer for sale, which is generally not control- 
lable till after they have been in Europe several 
weeks. 
But there are other conditions favourable to 
success which have been too much neglected in the 
Allied countries, and have allowed the Germans 
to develop to an astonishing degree the import 
trade with which we are concerned. These are 
the facilities granted by the Government for the 
capture of animals in the colonies, those afforded 
by shipping companies for their transport into 
Europe, and finally — last but not least — the finan- 
cial support given to the importers by the banks. 
It is very difficult to find on the spot, in the 
colonies, capable people who are willing to capture 
and bring together collections of animals, even 
trifling ones. We know this by frequent personal 
experiments. Thus it is imperatively necessary 
to send out collectors with everything necessary 
for their work. Once in the colonies, these col- 
lectors find themselves exposed to all sorts of 
annoyances resulting from the apathy of the col- 
onial officials, themselves subject to prohibitory 
regulations, of undeniable ability, but often leav- 
ing much to be desired in their interpretation. 
Hence results serious loss of time and money, 
negotiations drag along, and so it comes about 
that when the necessary permits are obtained, the 
proper catching-season is over. These official 
delays could be appreciably reduced by allowing 
