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Niam country by Dr. Schweinfurth, and in the Monbuttu 
country by the late Emin Pasha. 
Habits——Writing of Demidoff’s 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 ata 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 monteiri, Bartlett, P. Z. S., 1863, p. 231, pl. xxviii. 
Callotus montetri, 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 
