18 EINAR LÖNNBERG, MAMMALS COLLECTED BY THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITION ETC. 
| Distribution AS Above | IR and 
of the genus | cies and Thornbush mammals Chanler SLOm 
or subgenus elosely allied/ [IE ålls Chanler 
forms | | Falls 
| | | 
A. | A. Lp POP OtaMVUST GMY IVTO TUS RIGTN Es free see ST ST AE rare SS RS | o + 
S. | Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata DE WINTON . . . ss ss. 0 so os + 2 
Ea. » Rhynchotragus cavendishi minor LÖNNBERG. . ». ss ss 0 so cc å | + 
» » guentheri wroughtoni DRAKE-BROCKMAN + 
A. (E(S). Kokus ellipsiprymmus canescens LÖNNBERG -. + + 
Es. » AEpyceros melampus rendilis LÖNNBERG . ss = ss ss se 0 0 0 a + + 
Ea. S(E). Gazella granti lacuum NEUMANN . . . . | + + 
S. Se. FATNOCK ANVVUB WAWETTEISTR O OK olle ro TTT SRS + + | 
Ea. S. Oryx beisa annectens' FIOLTISTER . . « « AM os + + | 
» E. | Taurotragus oryx pattersonianus LYDEKKER. . ss» «oc SVEG + + 
A. | El(s). Buffelusi caffer tadelifj eu IFOMAS sök EE + + 
The forests of British East Africa in which I had the opportunity of studying 
the fauna some little time are those near Nairobi and Escarpment station, the prim- 
eval forest on the eastern slopes of Kenia, and the woods near Meru boma. These 
exhibit several different types, although these intergrade with each other. The forests 
near Nairobi are more or less xerophilous with comparatively small leaves and a thin 
foliage which admits the light to penetrate. The result of this is that a very thick 
undergrowth of bushes and lian& is produced, and in the darkness of this several 
animals find suitable covert. Among these are the Bushbuck, the »Suni» (Nesotragus 
moschatus) and the Red Forest Duiker. not to mention the Bushpigs. The small 
greenish looking Secrub Squirrel (Paraxerus jacksoni) skulks also among this under- 
growth. The only monkey in the Nairobi forests is the »Kima»>» (Cereopithecus kolbi). 
The forest at Escarpment is different. It contains (or contained) in some places 
numerous cedars, Podocarpus etc. In other places different kinds of trees, some with 
large leaves grow at such a distance from each other that a very dense undergrowth 
of bushes and very tall (2—3 m.) plants can develop and cover the ground. The 
Kima-monkey was common there, but a White-tailed Guereza (Colobus abyssinicus 
kikuyuensis) inhabits also the forest chiefly on the top of the mountain plateau. A 
new Galago of the Otolemur group was also secured at this place, and its sereams 
could be heard almost every night from the crowns of the trees. Still more noisy 
and very numerous are the Tree Hyraxes (Procaria crawshayi). Of small rodents 
Lophuromus aquilus, ÅArvicanthis pumilio diminutus and Dendromys insignis were 
trapped in bush, and the Scrub Squirrel (Paraxerus jacksoni) was found to be common. 
I did not see any larger Squirrel in this forest but Mr. WOOosSNAM showed me once two 
skins which were from the Escarpment and looked like melanistic specimens of Heliosci- 
urus kenic without any white on the foreneck. A Cephalophus was seen a couple of 
times in bush at the edge of the forest, but as I did not have any opportunity of 
shooting it, I could not ascertain to which species it belonged. Bushbucks were 
common, and a Kikuyu told me that they used to feed on some plants of the family 
