THE BUSH BABY I I 



topaz yellow, striated with delicate lines. The 

 ears, as in all the galagoes, are thin and mem- 

 branous : the fur is thick and soft, and the tail 

 long and ample. The general colour of this 

 interesting little animal is pearly grey above, 

 passing into white below : the nose, cheeks, and 

 throat are white, and the insides of the limbs 

 yellowish, while the ears, hands, and feet are flesh- 

 coloured. Galago maholi exhibits a certain amount 

 of variation : the fur on the back is as a rule of a 

 darker grey than the rest of the pelage, but some 

 specimens have in addition blackish rings round 

 the eyes. Naturalists have not yet decided whether 

 the bush baby is identical with the galagoes 

 of Senegal and Sennaar (G. senega lensis^senna- 

 riensis] : but when a larger amount of material 

 has been received by museums of natural history, 

 the comparison of a long series of skins and bones 

 will enable the matter to be satisfactorily decided. 

 The bush baby was first described by Sir Andrew 

 Smith, who discovered it near the Limpopo River, 

 in what is now the Rustenberg district of the 

 Transvaal. A preliminary account of the new 

 animal was drawn up by Sir Andrew in 1836, and 

 on the publication of the scientific results of the 

 great expedition which he had so ably directed, he 

 figured Galago maholi in his " Illustrations of 

 South African Zoology." Smith's figure will 

 perhaps be familiar to many naturalists, as it has 



