﻿NOTES ON SOME MAMMALS COLLECTED IN CONGO. 11 



every direction to seek shelter. In tbe cassava fields several 

 might be seen at the same time, and from there they run 

 into the grass when scared.» 



Heliosciurus annidatus (Desmarest). 



1 adult and 2 young specimens. 



The colour and the length of the skull (48 mm.) and 

 the length of the upper molar series (9 mm.) agree very 

 well with Jentink's description of this species in his »Mono- 

 graph of the African Squirrels».^ The interorbital width 

 is, however, very large (17 mm.), while some dimensions of 

 the body appear to rather small. The younger specimens 

 are redder on the feet than the adult. 



Funisciurus congicus (Kuhl). 



1 adult and 1 young specimens. 



General colour with a strong greenish tint, bands very 

 well developed. The length of the skull (about 40 mm.) and 

 the interorbital width (11 mm.) are greaiter than the corre- 

 sponding measurements recorded by Jentink (1. c). 



Pelomys dyhowskii (Pousargues). 

 1 specimen. 



As there is no skull to this specimen the determination 

 is not quite certain but the characteristics of the feet and 

 of the pelage do not seem to leave much doubt about the 

 correctness. 



Arvicanthis pulchellus (Gray). 

 1 specimen. 



Thryoyiomys swinderianus (Temminck). 



1 specimen. 



Native name »Ndutu» or »Nandutu». 



The »Nandutu» is according to Mr. Laman often men- 

 tioned in the fables of the natives and plays then the parts 

 of a very stupid fellow which always is fooled by the »Nan- 

 go», the Leopard. 



^ Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882 p. 91. 



^ Notes Leyden Mus. Vol IV, 1882. 



