SMALL MAMMALS 



2SI 



shot in 1896 at Kinani in British East Africa. I found it in a 

 small sandy patch, surrounded by scattered bush and thorn- 

 trees, near the caravan route. Whereas the Tachyoryctes splen- 

 dais, or bamboo-rat, was observed by me in Kavirondo to throw 

 up the earth like a giant mole, and to live in rich, cultivated soil 

 overgrown with vegetation, this Heterocephalus threw out the 

 earth with its hind-legs from a small tunnel, like a rat-hole, in 

 a sandy, bare, and barren patch. The hairless, yellowish skin 

 of the Heterocephalus felt to the touch something like a frog's 

 naked skin. The eyes are so small, that I thought at first this 

 animal had none, but they can be seen by using a magnifying 

 glass. The animal is not absolutely hairless, for it has a few 

 scattered hairs on its head and feet. To secure the specimen 

 I had to shoot it. On presenting it to the British Museum 

 (Natural History), Mr. Oldfield Thomas told me, that the first 

 of this species came from Abyssinia, but as nearly half a century 

 passed before another was obtained, it was thought to be rather 

 a freak of Nature than a distinct genus. In course of time, 

 however, a similar animal, but belonging to a different species, 

 was brought from Somaliland. My specimen, Mr. Thomas tells 

 me, is interesting because it is the first from British territory. 



Bats. 



1. Epomophorus minor (fruit bat ' . From Masindi in Unyoro. 



2. Hipposiderus caffer Do. do. 



3. Vesperugo nanus .... Do. do. 



4. Taphozous mauritianus .... Do. do. 



5. Nycteris thebaica From Kampala in Uganda. 



Miisk-Slirews. 



6. Crocidura doriana From Masindi in Unyoro, and 



Kampala in Uganda. 



Sqitir7-els. 



7. Funisciurus genana (ochre- 



footed scrub-squirrelj . . . From Kibwezi and Kinani, in 



British East Africa. 



8. Funisciurus boehmi (Emin's 



striped-squirrel) From Fajao in Unyoro. 



9. Xerus erythropus (ground-squir- 



rel) From Masindi in Unyoro. 



10. Xerus rutilus (ground-squirrel) . From Mtoto Ndei, British 



East Africa. 



