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Show 308 MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON [Nov. 4, 4. On a Collection of Mammals from Abyssinia, including some from Lake Tsana, collected by Mr. Edward Degen. By O l d f i e l d T h o m a s , F.R.S. [Received October 27, 1902.] By the generosity of a gentleman interested in Abyssinia, Mr. Edward Degen was enabled, during the first half of the present year, to make a collecting expedition to Abyssinia, the resulting specimens being all presented to the National Museum. While in Abyssinia Mr. Degen was able to go to the little-known Lake Tsana, in the centre of the country, where, so far as I can ascertain, no mammals have ever been collected since the time of Riippell. As might have been expected, the mammals obtained at this locality prove to be of the greatest interest, quite a number of them being new, notably the fine Otter, the large Mungoose, and the Hare, while others, only hitherto obtained by Riippell, form most valuable accessions to the Museum. The most noteworthy of these latter is the little " Mus imberbis Rupp.," for which I have found it necessary to propose a new genus. The donor is to be congratulated on the highly satisfactory results of Mr. Degen's trip, so far as the mammals are concerned, the more so as this group had of necessity to receive only secondary attention as compared with the magnificent collection of Fishes, from which Mr. Boulenger has described so many novelties. 1. COLOBUS ABYSSINICUS POLIURUS TllOS. 2 S . Dodgit, W. Shoa. 26 June, 1902. 2. P a p io doguera P u c h . . Aliouillet, Kutai. 21 June. 3. M egaderma cor Peters. Dried specimen. Dhar-Ala, Danakil Country. 25 January. " Found in this condition in a cave." 4. ScOTOPHILUS NIGRITA Schl*. <S $ . Harar. 10 January. 5. Crocidura doriana Dobs. <5,2$ in skin, and J' in spirit. Addis Ababa. March and April. " Caught in Legation Garden." 6. G enetta, sp. inc. (near G. dongolana IT. E.). o. Bijo. 16 January. 7. H erpestes ichneumon L. 6 • Billen, near the Ha wash River in Adal country. 31 January. |
