188 Mr. P. S. Kersliaw on 



Mang'anja name ' Nsana.' Eaten by most natives, and said 

 to be very fat and good. Also a garden pest. Common 

 throughout the country/' 



44. Grammom>/s surdaster^ Thos. & Wrouglit. 



cJ. 369; ?. 224, 364. Chiromo. 



c?. 296, 309, 442 ; ?. 289, 297. Cholo. 



" Makes small nests of a few blades of dry grass in holes 

 in trees. A forest-dwelling genus. Have also found the 

 nest in the bracts of a dry maize-cob on the plant, and also 

 in small bushes." 



45. Grammomys ruddi, Thos. & Wrought. 



S . 133, 140 ; ? . 134, 135, 141, 142. Chiromo. 



" Taken in hole at top of Hyphseue-palm. Also in grass- 

 nests in trees, similar to G. surdaster. 



" These two species are called 'souto' by the Mang'anja, 

 as well as all other tree-mice." 



46. Rattus rattus alexandrinus^ Geoff. 



cJ . 51, 356 ; ? . 33, 41, 345. Chiromo. 

 ? . 282, 503. Cholo. 

 " Very common everywhere. Mang'anja name ' Khoswe.' " 



47. Rutins (^^tliomys) namaquensis arborarius, Pet. 



^ . 365, 371, 396 ; ? . 228, 370, 387. Chiromo. 



" Taken in grass-nest in bush ; in tall, hollow, dead 

 Hyphsene-palm ; on ground in forest ; below some timber 

 stacked in grass-shed.-" 



48. Rattus [Maslomys) concha viicrodon, Pet. 



S. 107, 112, 198, 342, 363 ; ? . 61, 111, 113, 199, 233, 

 235, 314, 315, 340, 341, 346. Chiromo. 



S . 327. 328, 360, 422 ; ? . 248, 291, 294, 325, 326, 437. 

 Cholo. 



? . 317, 319. Makwira's, Ruo. 



This subspecies averages larger than concha proper, is 

 browner — i. e., less grey, — has shorter fur, and a proportion- 

 ately longer tail. There is, however, very great individual 

 variation in this species. 



" Makes holes in the ground, and often a grass-nest at the 

 end of them. All species of /?a/<«<< are called 'Khoswe' by 

 the Mang'anja, and are eaten by some, but others will not 



