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Show 790 MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON THE [Nov. 17, Blmenslons. g, in skin (merely approximate). Head and body 750 mm.; tail 550 ; hind foot 190.1 Skull. Greatest length 182, basal length 131; zygomatic breadth 103-5; gnathion to lower edge of orbit 92; occiput to lower edge of orbit 109 ; nasals, length mesially 62, greatest breadth 15-2 ; height of orbit 26 ; breadth across orbits, outside, at fronto-malar sutures 71; nasion to occiput 110 ; nasion to basion 81 ; palate, length 81, breadth between outer sides of m^2 51*3, between inner sides of m^30 ; combined lengths of upper true molars 34*5. Type. B.M. No. 95.12.7.8. This remarkable Baboon is distinguished at the first glance from every other species by its hoary colour, white belly, and unannulated fur. It is much to be hoped that further examples of it will be sent home, and also skulls of different ages and both sexes, as Baboons are animals of which our knowledge is miserably imperfect, mainly owdng to the fact that nearly all the specimens in the different museums have lived in captivity, and are therefore quite unsuitable for scientific examination. For this reason, Baboons from all localities, even of the commonest species, are special desiderata to our National Museum, and no wild-killed examples can possibly be valueless, if accompanied by their skulls and a record of their exact locality. Skulls alone, old or young, male or female, to any number, will also be extremely acceptable. 6. OTOGALE KIRKI, Gray. (P. Z. S. 1893, p. 501; 1894, p. 137.) Three skins. Chiradzulu Mts., July 1895. " From the Terai of the mountains."-A. Whyte. 7. GALAGO MOHOLI, A. Sm. (P. Z. S. 1894, p. 137.) 8. EPOMOPHORUS CRYPTURUS, Pet. (P. Z. S. 1894, p. 157.) a, b. Zomba (A. Whyte). 9. XANTHARPYIA STRAMINEA, Geoffr. Zomba, Jan. 1896 (A. Whyte). 10. RHINOLOPHUS HTLDEBRANDTI, Pet. (P. Z. S. 1894, p. 138.) Three specimens. Fort Johnston, April 16 and Dec. 1895 (Br. P. Bendall). 1 Dr. Rendall gives-tail 570 mm., hind-foot 210, as the measurements in the flesh. |
