562 MR. A. MURRAY ON GALAGO MURINUS. [Dec. 13, 



but in corresponding with him I took occasion to mention Dr. Gray's 

 doubt, and to ask him if he could say whether the specimens which 

 he had sent to me, more especially those which I had last received, 

 were young ones of the larger species, or belonged to the smaller. 

 To this he replied: — "The Galago you speak of is most likely to 

 be a sample of your own species : we undoubtedly have two species 

 in Old Calabar, the other being much larger than yours ; but of it 

 I have seldom got specimens. I have had individuals of both kinds 

 in captivity a long time. There were three or four of your species, 

 only one of the larger ; the former, though they breed in captivity, 

 never grew more than about 3 or 4 inches long in the body, from 

 the tip of the muzzle to the root of the tail, the other fellow growing 

 within the year to the size of a large rat, 6 or 7 inches long. I think 

 I have sent you young specimens (one or more) of the larger species, 

 and hence dare not say positively which of the two the specimen in 

 your possession is. If I saw it I should know it at once." 



In consequence of this I forwarded the specimen, now on the 

 table, to Mr. Thomson for his opinion, and received the following 

 reply : — " I received the little Galago this morning, and have no 

 hesitation in pronouncing it to be one of your species." 



3. Another mark of distinction, which, however, is difficult to put 

 into words, is the voice. Mr. Thomson says, " The voice of the 

 little Calabar species, once heard, is easily recognized, that of the 

 larger species being totally different and of very lugubrious tone. 

 Indeed I think the latter is the same that is ascribed to the Awuri 

 (Tiliqua fernandesi), the (supposed) venomous lizard of the same 

 place." 



I have elsewhere (Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinb. i. 417) given an 

 account of the cry of this lizard, and the tale which the natives have 

 engrafted upon it. 



It appears, from another part of the same letter, that we have not 

 yet exhausted all the treasures of Old Calabar, and that more novel- 

 ties await the adventurous explorer : — 



" When last at Calabar 1 got possession for an hour or so of a 

 beautiful little creature of a kind rather between the Galago and the 

 Mouse than the Monkey and the Squirrel. It was altogether a 

 dumpier little creature than the G. murinus, with tail not so long in 

 proportion, and no remarkable disparity between the fore and hind 

 legs. All its hands were armed with claws. The fur had rather 

 less brown in it than that of the Galago. While I endeavoured to 

 get a cage for it, somebody removed the shade in which I had put 

 it for the time, and my little friend decamped without saying good- 

 bye. It was a pretty little thing." 



