4$ lt^oyd's natural iiisto'R'^. 



Niam country by Dr. Schweinfurth, and in the Monbuttu 

 country by the late Emin Pasha. 



Habits. — Writing of Dcmidoff's Galago in a letter from Africa 

 addressed to Mr. A. JNIurray, Mr. Thomson says : " It was a 

 most interesting and amusing pet, not only quite tame, but 

 manifesting strong attachment. It was a very epitome of 

 zoology, of the size and colour of a large Rat ; it had the tail of 

 a Squirrel, the facial outline of the Fox, the membranous ears 

 of the Bat, the eyes and somewhat of the manners of the Ov/1 

 in its cool odd way of peering at objects, the long slender fin- 

 gers of a lean old man who habitually eats down his nails, and 

 all the mirthfulness and agility of a diminutive Monkey. It 

 hated its cage at night, but delighted to leap among the bars 

 of tiie chairs ranged purposely round the table for it. It could 

 clear a horizontal distance of at least six feet at a bound. . . . 

 It possessed a curious power of folding its membranous ears 

 back upon themselves and somewhat corrugating them at 

 pleasure ; and it appeared to me that the palms of its hands 

 and feet were endowed in some degree with the power of suc- 

 tion. ... I have seen it maintain itself in positions where 

 the mere lateral pressure of its limbs appeared to be inadequate 

 for the purpose. ... I never saw it muster courage enough 

 to attack either a Grasshopper or a Mantis." . . . 



V. MONTEIRO'S GALAGO. GALAGO RIONTEIRL 



Gahii^o monteiri^ Bartlett, P. Z. S., 1S63, p. 231, pi. xxviii. 

 Callotiis inonieiri, Gray, P. Z. S., 1863, p. 145. 



Characters. — Pur Mouse grey at base, with white tips; pupils- 

 of eyes oval and vertical ; ears very large and naked; hairs on 

 face and cheeks short ; feet broad, short, and strong ; toes 



