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Show 1904.] THE MAMMALS OF THE UGANDA BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 459 1. On Mammals collected during the Uganda Boundary Commission by the late Mr. W . G. Doggett, and presented to the British Museum by Col. C. Delme-Radcliffe *, By OLDFIELD THOMAS, F.R.S., and H A R O L D SCHWANN, F.Z.S. [Received March 11,1904.] (Text-figure 95.) During the delimitation of the boundary between the German and British territories west of the Victoria Nyanza, Col. C. Delme- Radcliffe, the British Commissioner, has caused collections to be made illustrative of the fauna, and these he has now presented to the National Museum. The actual collecting was done by Mr. W . G. Doggett, who had already acted as zoological collector under Sir Harry Johnston t, and who was carrying on the work in a most successful manner, when he was unhappily drowned by the upsetting of a canoe while in pursuit of fish, so that his death was directly due to his enthusiasm for his Natural History work. The majority of the animals now described were obtained at Burumba, Ankole, a locality on the Anglo-German boundary, and in a region as yet practically unrepresented in our collections. They form therefore very welcome accessions to the Museum. Of the novelties special attention may be drawn to the local form of the Buffalo (Bubalus caffer radcliffei), already exhibited to the Society +, and to the fine striped Stoat which we have named in honour of Mr. Doggett. 1. CERCOPITHECUS ^ETHIOPS CENTRALIS Neum. <3 . 105. 2 • 454. Burumba, Ankole. Colour of iris russet § (W. G. D.). For geographical reasons we refer these specimens to Mr. Neumann's " centralis," without expressing any opinion as to their relation to other members of the group. 2. CERCOCEBUS ATERRIMUS Oudem. $ . 1 ; 2. Budzi, Uganda. 3. GALAGO DEMIDOFFI Fisch. 3 . 108. Dumo, Uganda. * [The complete account of the new species described in this communication appears here; but as the names and preliminary diagnoses were published in the ' Abstract,' such species are distinguished here by being underlined.-EDITOR.] y Cf. P. Z. S. 1901, vol. ii. p. 85. The mammals there described were all collected by Mr. Doggett. t Supra, p. 371. § The colours of the iris have been shown by a patch of paint placed on the label by Mr. Doggett, and we have determined the shades so given in Ridgway's ' Nomenclature of Colors,' 1886. |
