APPENDIX I. 
LIST OF FAUNA FOUND CHIEFLY IN THE PLAINS 
ROUND KILTMA-NJARO. 
COMPILED BY H. C. Y. HUNTER. 
Lion. Felis Ico (Swahili, Simba). Common to the open plains 
fringed with bush and near belts of bush by rivers and swamps. 
They were generally seen in pairs or troops of four to seven. 
During our last expedition G- saw ten together. Though 
heard round the camp nearly every night, they were not often 
met with. Zebra and buffalo seemed to be their favourite prey. 
Leopard. Felis pardus (Swahili, Chui). Common on the 
mountain up to about 6000 feet elevation, and in the forests of 
Taveta and Kalie. They live principally round the villages, kill¬ 
ing many goats. I have noticed in Africa that the leopard 
nearly always puts the remains of his kill up a tree, probably 
to preserve it from hyaenas. O11 one occasion I saw the skeleton 
of a fine male lesser kudu hanging from a forked branch, 
and we have several times seen a leopard descend from a tree. 
They are extremely bold. One, who had for several days been 
carrying off undried heads, &c., which were stored in a shed 
adjoining our house in Taveta, I caught in a lion-trap, during 
dinner, set within fifteen yards of our table. 
Felis serval. Several times seen and killed in the grassy 
plains at the foot of the mountain. From Mandara, 011 the 
mountain at about 5000 feet, I obtained a melanism of this 
species, killed by the Wa-eaga. Here melanotic varieties of the 
serval must be often met with, since they have the name “ Nzudu ” 
for it. In the Natural History Museum there is also another 
