70 EINAR LÖNNBERG, MAMMALS COLLECTED BY THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITION ETC. 
should agree with M. p. mitis, and it is probably a connecting link between the 
latter and M. p. robustus. More can hardly be said for the present when only one 
specimen is available. 
Ichneumia albicaudus ibeanus THOMAS. S 
THomaAs: Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1904 Ser. 7, Vol. XIII, p. 409. 
The White-tailed Mungoose appeared to be not uncommon round Nairobi. It 
was often trapped in the section inhabited by hindoos and natives. I saw several 
living specimens in captivity. An immature male was obtained from Kikuyu. 
Helogale hirtula ahlselli LÖNNBERG. by 
LÖNNBERG : Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 8, Vol. IX, p. 64. 
Body and tail all over coarsely grizzled with ochre yellow, sometimes more 
buff, and black producing an olive brown general colouration. The yellowish sub- 
terminal rings about 3 mm. (Pl. V fig. 1). Head very dark grey produced by a 
fine whitish sprinkling on black ground colour, head and back are thus very diffe- 
rently coloured. Lower parts grizzled like the upper parts but duller, thus assuming 
a more brownish general tint. In two specimens out of three the fingers and toes 
tend to become pure black, in the third they are grizzled like the other parts. The 
extreme tip of the tail is sometimes more or less uniform rufous buff. The length 
of the hair of the back is generally 12—14 mm. but single hairs become 18 mm. or 
more. The not visible underfur is buffish. Length of head and body 250—260 mm. 
length of tail 180 to 200 mm. length of hind foot 54—5356 mm. with claws, without 
48—50 mm. (skin measurements). One specimen measured in flesh had head and 
body about 24 cm. and the tail about 18 cm. 
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Zygomatiej;breadti.' so sj. . sier «bene te ir ENE 33,3 32,2 
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