46 ALLEN'S NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. 



Niam country by Dr. Schweinfurth, and in the Monbuttu 

 country by the late Emin Pasha. 



Habits. Writing of GemidofFs Galago in a letter from Africa 

 addressed to Mr. A. Murray, 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 Owl 

 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 the 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 MONTEIRI. 



Galago montein, Bartlett, P. Z. S., 1863, p. 231, pi. xxviii. 

 Callotus monteiri, Gray, P. Z. S., 1863, p. 145. 



Characters. Fur 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 



