EAST AFRICAN MAMMALS. 703 



and were recovered from tlie stonmclis of a Civet (C. c. orientalis). 

 Genets {G. s^iahelica and G. d. neiimanni), Mungoose {11. flavi- 

 venti-is), Pearly Owl (G. 7;e?-^«fH???), lled-neclved Falcon 

 [F. rvJi.coUis), and Banded I farrier 'Ei\g\(^ (0. fasciolai^is). One 

 ■was disgorged by a House 8nake (7>. lineahis) Aviien c&ptnrcd, 

 and many species of snakes in captivity fed upon tliem. 



IIattus (M.astomys) couciia Jiii.iJEniiANDTii Peters. 

 Two specimens from Bissel Camp nenr Longido in 191(5. 



MUiS MiTSCUiiUS Linn. 



A single female of the European Mouse with t^-o new-born 

 young arrived at Ivilosa on 8. i. 21 in a box of groceries dispatched 

 from Dar es Salaam two days before. $ . G8, 76. 15. 11 mm, 



LeGGADA BELLA BELLA ThoS. 



Kidangi in Kikami, Ohimhanga in Chigogo. 



Six Pigmy ]\Iice from Dar es Salaam, Kilosa, Dombolo, Sagayo, 

 and Nyambila. One was canglit in a tent at Itende, but sub- 

 sequently escaped. They ai^e not infrequently found in houses. 



Largest c7 55. 45. 12. 9 mm., ? 56. 42. 13. 9 mm. 



A nesb of very simple construction was found beneath a heap 

 of rotting grass. The nest measured 40 mm. in diameter, and 

 Avas per])aps 30 mm. deep in the cup. The dead grass of which 

 it was constructed was not woven but loosely yet neatly inter- 

 laced to form a, cosy cup, a few stalks formed a. skeleton roof, but 

 it could not be considered properly domed. It held three blind 

 young ones of a dark fawn colour unlike their parent ; one 

 opened its ej'es on the 20th inst. (Dar es Salaam, 18. v. 23). 



What appeared to be one of these mice wa,s found in the 

 stomach of a Whistling nawk(y(. sphemir'nsl) at Wami River on 

 9.ix. 21. 



Oricetomys gambianus osgoodi Heller. 



Nchesi in Kikami. 



Seven specimens from Bagilo. There is also one in the Game 

 Dept. collections killed by Capt. Turnley at Kilosa on 14. ix. 22. 

 It must be very scarce at Kilosa, as my collectors never met with 

 it there. 



The onl}^ male measured 410. 390. 80. 50 mm., largest female 

 380. 390. 72. 47 mm. They were trapped in native gardens, 

 where they are said to go to eat the maize. 



LoniuROMYS aquilus aquilus True. 



Twenty-five Harsh-furred Mice from Eldoret, Mkindo Ptiver, 

 and Bagilo. Of twenty-three specimens from the last locality 

 the largest male measured 140. 90. 25. 15 mm., and female 

 150. 90. 20. 10 mm. Dipterous larvfc found in these rats have 

 been identified as Caudylohia rodhaini Gedoelst by M^ajor Austen. 



