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35. Hcrpestes (Cahgale) nielunurus zombie, Wrought. 



cJ . 174. Near Ciiiroino. 

 ? . 290. Cholo. 



"Common throughout the country. Generally goes 

 about singly. Native name ' Likoiigwe.' " 



36. Mungos miingo, Gmel. 

 = Crossarchtis fasciatus, Desm. 



S ■ 56. Near Chiromo. 



" Common in low country, where they go about in bands 

 of ten to twenty or thirty, with niucii * chirruping' all the 

 time, while they scratch about and hunt for insects ; sit up 

 on hind legs and tail when they think danger is about, and 

 then, at a shrill cry from one or other, all dart away to cover. 

 Never seen singly. Easily tamed and good pets. Very fond 

 of eggs. Often caught by natives in noose-traps baited with 

 a piece of cliicken. Native name ' Msulu.* I once saw a 

 troop of six up a half-rotten tree full of holes and hollow 

 inside, and all were just peeping out of the iioles at me. 



" One I kept as a pet was very fond of snakes. It had the 

 usual curious mongoose method of breaking eggs by either 

 grasping them in the front feet and then hurling them with 

 great violence against a wall, or stone, or tree, after first 

 raising them up in front of it to get a good throw, or else by 

 merely flipping them from the ground. In both ways the 

 mongoose stands with its back to the object and sends the 

 eggs through the hind legs. Gets very annoyed if egg does 

 not break easily. Can emit an appalling odour when alarmed. 

 The adults are not so easily tamed. Note of annoyance or 

 alarm much deeper than the usual ' chirrup.' " 



37. Heliosciurus mutahilis, Pet. 



(J. 104; ?.71, 80, 301. Chiromo. 



*' Common in the low country in dense thickets and jungles, 

 where are very many tall great trees and much undergrowth, 

 lianas, etc. They live in holes in the trees, and do not 

 appear to wander far outside these thickets, feeding on nuts 

 and fruits of the various trees tiierein. Native name 

 ' Gologolo.' " 



38. Paraxerus palliaius, Pet. 

 ? . 402. Ruo. 



