Ube journal 
OF THE 
East Africa and Uganda 
Natural History Society 
July 1912 . 
Vol, II. 
NO. 4 
CONTENTS 
1. FISH CULTURE IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA. D. B. Hutchins . 
2. NOTES ON SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL BITING FLIES IN B.E.A 
S. A. Neave, M.A., B.So. Oxon. . 
3. THE COLLECTING AND DRYING OF PLANTS. E, Battiscombe 
Assoc. Arbor. Soc. ......... 
4. FISH IN LAKE MAG AD I. C, W. Woodhouse .... 
5. THE WATER-ELEPHANT. R, J. Cuntnghame, F.Z.S. , . 
8. REPORT ON A SKULL FROM B.E.A, W. L. K, Duckworth, M.D., Sc.D 
7. ON THE IMPORTANCE OF AFRICA IN VERTEBRATE PALAE 
ONTOLOGY. 0. W. Andrews, D.Sc., F.R.S. (British Museum, Natural 
History) .... ........ 
8, BATS. Robin Kemp ...... 
NOTES 
BIG GAME AND TSETSE FLIES. From ‘ The Field ’ . , 
AN UNKNOWN ANIMAL ON THE UASINGISHU. Geoffrey Williams 
LOPHIOMYS (TREE RAT). G. H. Goldfinch ..... 
CATHA EDULIS. C. W. Hobley . . . 
A JOURNEY TO THE LORIAN SWAMP. Communicated 
SOME NOTES ON SPIDERS, J. K. Creighton . . . 
FROM SAXONY TO NJORO. From ' E. A. Standard ’ . 
A CURIOUS PARASITE ON RAT, Editors . . . 
THE FLIGHT OF THE MARABOU STORK. F. J, Jackson, F.Z.S. etc. 
THE RHINO AND HIS CURIOUS DIET. C. W. Hobley. 
NEW SHELLS FOUND AT NAIROBI, Rev. Marcus Faloon , 
THE SPITTING COBRA. E. K, Bojleau . . , . 
NEW LOCALITIES FOR HUBBARD’S FRANCOLIN, R. B. Woosnam, F.Z.S 
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ILLUSTRATIONS 
EAST AFRICAN TROUT ,Fron tispiece 
I. LOPHIOMYS (TREE RAT) . . . , . face page 126 
II. SPIDERS (4 Micro. Photos) , . . . . . . ,, ,, 129 
III. ATTITUDE OF FLIGHT OF MARABOU AND HERON . 132 
IV. SADDLE-BACKED ZEBRA (WITH NOTE BY R. B, WOOSNAM) „ „ 134 
EDITORS 
C. W. HOBLEY, C.M.G. 
T. J. ANDERSON, B.Sc, 
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 
PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, NEW YORK, BOMBAY AND CALCUTTA 
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