IV. — On the Collection of South African Mammals 

 in the Durban Museum, 



by 



P. S. Kershaw. 



Mr. E. C. Chubb, the Curator of the Durban Museum, Natal, 

 recently sent to the British Museum a large collection of small 

 mammals for identification, a description of which, it is thought, may 

 prove of interest to mammalogists. 



Specimens have been contributed by a great many collectors 

 principally from Natal and Zululand, but also from Cape Colony, 

 Portuguese East Africa and Rhodesia. Among the chief contributors 

 may be mentioned Mr. P. A. Sheppard at Vumba, Gorongoya district, 

 on parallel 20 S in Portuguese East Africa ; Mr. W. E. Jones at 

 M'Fongosi, Zululand; Mr. H. H. Swinny in the Port St. John 

 district, West Pondoland ; Mr. L. Be vis in Zululand and Natal; the 

 Rev. R. Godfrey at Pirie, Kingwilliamstown, Cape Colony ; and 

 Mr. E. C. Chubb in various localities. 



Out of the collection, two new forms, a Pachyura and a Sylvisorex, 

 have emerged which are described in this paper. These together with 

 nine other specimens have been presented to the British Museum. 



1. — Galago crassicaudatus umbrosus, Thos. 



$. 13, 24, 65. Yumba, P.E.A. 



No. 13 and 24 conform exactly to the type which is from North- 

 East Transvaal. No. 65 has a suffusion of brown in the pelage, and 

 the tail is coloured yellowish-brown throughout its length. 



2. — Galago crassicaudatus zuluensis, Elliot. 



<$ . 28, 29. Durban. 



Another (1914), M'Fongosi, Zululand. 



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