NATURAL niSTOUV VOCAIU'LAIIV 11 



Hiivi (bi)vi) 

 Kaikulu (kai 



kulni) 



Kponde (kpondei) 



Ngela (ngelai) 

 Xgualu (ngualii) . 

 Sese (sesei) 



Note. — Ngualii, iJijvi, 



Squirrels 



A l)ro%vii squirrel. 



Also called Ngelai. (Iround squir- 

 rel. Brown with a white stripe 

 along its sides : lough greyish 

 tail. Eats gi'ound nuts. 



A squirrel ; said to have a bigger 

 liead than Sese. 



See Kaikului. 



A squirrel. 



A squirrel. (Not to be mixed up 

 with Chiji and Seje, which see.) 



Kaikulrd, and Sesei are said to 



be all nearly alike, but Kpondei is bigger. 



Chiji (chiji), or Siji . . 



F.jba (fobai) .... 



Vnlo (v(.le) .... 

 Fulu-gbete (fnln-gbetei) 



Gowulo (gnwulni) 



Lende (lendi) 

 Kiwulo (kiwului), or 

 Kuwulo (kuwuloi) 



Nyina (nyine) . . . 

 Sewulo (sewuloi) 



Tondo (tondoi) 

 Tuli (tuli) . . 



Rats, &c. 



A mouse, light yrev colour with 



fluffy tail. 

 A small brown rat witli a black 



stripe down its spine. 

 A large rat with very dark hair. 

 A rat, 6 inches long, with white 



stripes down its sides. Lives in 



the bush, and may be commonly 



seen bolting across the path. 

 A brown rat, 6 inches long, no 



marks. 

 Mouse. 

 " Ground pig." A giant rat that 



burrows in the ground. ]NLich 



esteemed for eating. 

 Rat. The common house rat. 

 Ground i-at OYOctodowtiThrijnumys). 



Brown ; grows to the size of a 



small rabbit. 

 Common large house rat. 

 A rat of sorts, brown, with long nose 



and strong odour (? Batliyer- 



gidae). 



