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[33.] Elephas africanus, L. 
Mr. Johnston states that he himself saw and shot at elephants at 
an altitude of no less than 13,000 feet. 
34. Rhinoceros bicornis, L. 
a, b, c. Horns; Taveita, 2300 feet, end of October. 
Very common on the elevated plains at the base of Kilima-njaro, but 
not ascending the mountain itself. Is not found in the true forest, but 
only in the bush. 
These horns were brought in to Mr. Johnston by the A-kamba 
people, who obtain them by killing the animals with poisoned arrows. 
35. Equus Burchelli, var. Chapmani. Thomas. 
a. Taveita, 2300 feet, 25th August. 
Very common, in herds of about twenty, on the open plains round 
the mountain, never ascending above about 2400 feet. 
This specimen, like all those I have seen or heard of from localities 
on or north of the Zambezi, belongs to the so-called Equus Chapmani , 
Layard, 6 in which the dark stripes extend on the limbs right down to 
the hoof. 
That this form, however, cannot be distinguished specifically from 
the true E. Burchelli is sufficiently proved by the following sentence, 
extracted from Mr. T. E. Buckley’s useful paper on the distribution of 
South African mammals : —•“ Out of five of these animals shot in one 
herd, there were individuals showing every variation of colour and 
marking, from the yellow and chocolate stripes to the pure black and 
white, the stripes in some ceasing above the hock, and in others being 
continued distinctly down to the hoof.” On the whole, the somewhat 
ugly trinomial “Equus Burchelli Chapmani ” seems to express fairly 
correctly the degree of distinctness to which this northern race has 
attained. 
I am told by Mr. Thomson also that throughout his travels in 
Eastern Equatorial Africa he has never seen any but this leg-striped 
race of Burchelhs zebra. 
[36.] Hippopotamus amphibius. 
Common in Lake Jipe. 
[37.] Phacochobrus, sp. 
Wart-hogs are found on Kilima-njaro up to an elevation of 8000 feet. 
[38.] Bubalus gaffer, Sparrm. (V). 
According to Mr. Johnston, buffaloes occur commonly in the forests 
up to 14,000 feet. Whether these are B. caffer or B. eequinodialis , 
Blyth (B. centralis , Gray), is doubtful, but a magnificent pair of horns 
brought by Mr. Thomson from the same region belong undoubtedly to 
6 P. Z. S. 1865, p. 417. 
7 P. Z. S., 1876, p. %S% 
