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l.KMURrDiK. 



Otogale pallida. 



b. Head roundish ; face short. Eyes very large. 



7. GALAGO. 



Ears large, pellucid, membranaceous, hinder edge contractile. 

 Outtiiig-teoth ■—■ ; tho upper equal, slender, the lower shelving up- 

 ward. Tho upper canines erect ; tho lower ones decumbent, 

 shelving forward and upward. The first false grinder short, 

 broad, threc-lobed, like the others, and not prominent and erect 

 like the canines. Feet elongate, slender, nearly as long as the 

 shank or shin ; tarsal bone longer than tho metatarsal. 



Cheirosciurus, Cuv. $• Geoff. 1795. Galago et Golagoides, A. Smith. 

 Scai'tes, Swainson. Galago, Gray, P. Z. S. 18G3, p. 145. 



Mr. Ogilby says that the index finger is partly opposable to the other 

 fingers and forms a group with the thumb (Proe. Zool. Soc.~) ; but 

 this does not ngree with our observations or with the construction of 

 the fingers of specimens in spirits. 



* Tail thick, with spreading hairs; fingers and toes very slender, elongate; 

 the upper cutting-teeth placed in an arched line, one before the other. 



1. Galago Allenii. B. M. 



Fur dark, blackish brown ; forehead, rump, and base of tail grey ; 

 arms and legs reddish-washed; nose-streak and underside of body 

 whitish ; tail black ; fingers and toes very slender, free ; ears mo- 

 derate. Length of hind foot 2" 10'". Skull (imperfect), length about 

 2" 2'", breadth 1"5'". 



Galago Allenii, IFaterhouse, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 87. Otolicnus Allenii, 

 Van der Iloevcn. Galago acaciarum, var., Lesson. 



Var. gabonensis. Skull small, 2", width 1" 4£"\ 15. M. 



Galago otolicnus gabonensis, Mivart, P. Z. S. 1804, p. 047. 



JTab. West Africa : Gaboon ; Fernando Po. 



There is a considerable difference in the two skulls of this species 

 which we have, though the skins resemble each other very closely, 

 so much so that it would not be easy to distinguish them as varieties. 



