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Show 788 MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON THE [Nov. 17 coloured. They inhabited undulating plateaus at an elevation of from 6000 to 10,000 feet above the sea. The following papers were read:- 1. On the Mammals of Nyasaland : fourth Notice. By OLDFIELD THOMAS, F.Z.S. [Eeceived October 28, 1896.] (Plates XXXVIII. & XXXIX.) The present paper contains an account of all the mammals which have been received by the British Museum from Nyasaland since the beginning of 1894, and forms a continuation of m y three previous papers on the subject1. As before, it is to the generosity and scientific spirit of Sir Harry Johnston that we owe most of the specimens referred to, but in addition some other members of the British Administration have been good enough to contribute specimens on their own account, and thus to further the cause of scientific research. Among these contributors may be specially mentioned the names of M r . Alfred Sharpe, Dr. Percy Rendall, and Mr. H. C. McDonald, each of w h o m has been lucky enough to send home specimens sufficiently distinct to be described as new. In the following pages, where the name of the collector is put in brackets the specimens have been obtained as part of his official duties in the administration, aud are to be considered as presented by Sir Harry Johnston ; while direct donations to the Museum are shown by the words " Presented by" before the name of the collector. As usual, the majority of Sir Harry Johnston's specimens have been obtained by that indefatigable naturalist, Mr. Alexander Whyte. In order to make the list of Nyasa mammals as complete as possible, I have here inserted the name of every species obtained during the whole of Sir H . Johnston's explorations of Nyasaland, with references to the places in the previous three papers where the species are noticed or described, and, in addition, those mentioned by M r . Sclater in his various papers. As a result the present paper contains a complete list of all the mammals as yet received by the Museum from Nyasaland, numbering 82 in all. 1. COLOBUS PALLIATUS, Pet. (C. angolensis, Sci. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 97.) The receipt of more perfect Angolan specimens than were formerly available shows that Peters's species is, after all, distinct, by the presence of a wdiite frontal band, from that described by Sclater. 1 P. Z. S. 1892, p. 546; 1893, p. 500; and 1894, p. 136. |
