EAST AFKICAN MAMMALS. 709 



suggests that hares may m.ike use of burrows at times when the 

 grass is scanty or has been burnt off. Another hare was caught" 

 in a gin set for a leopard ; the latter came along later and ate 

 the liare— the spoor was veiry distinct. 



The female (480. 73. 100. 101 mm.) from Mdjengo's held two 

 foetuses (24. x. 21). A veiy small leveret (155. 30. 46. 35 mm.) Avas 

 brought me at Usshora on 6. xi. 21, having been caught by a dog ; 

 a larger one was brought me at Mbulu's on 11. x. 21. 



Two individuals from Mdjengo's and Usshora were teeming 

 with fleas {Otenocephahts felis and Echidnophaga larina), and the 

 former liad numerous grey ticks {Rhipicephalus siimis Koch) 

 as well. 



Lei'us capensis crawsiiayi de Winton. 



A single individual was collected at Eldoret on 9. xi. 21. 



CARNIYOKA. 



CANII>iE.. 



Tjios adustus notatus Heller. 



A fine skin but in poor condition was purchased from a native 

 in Mwanza town, the animal having been killed a few miles outside^ 



A live Side-striped Jackal from Liwale was given the writer 

 by Mr. 0. B. Goss in January 1923, when it had already been in 

 captivity a couple of months. It was kept on a leash, with i\, 

 small native mongrel for a pLayfellow, they romped together a 

 great deal. It would allow itself to be carried for miles, and 

 liked being petted, but was a fearful coward and hated being 

 shut up at night, when it would howl mournfully as long as it 

 thought there was sonie likelihood of being released ; it preferred 

 sleeping with the native porters under a tnrpanlin. 



If (piietly approached it would allow anyone to stroke it, but if 

 its coat was combed it snapped in the .'lir several times as a 

 warning, and would doubtless bite if the combing was not stopped. 

 It has never bitten the writer, but came very near doing so on 

 several occasions, and bit a steward on board as well as several 

 natives, all of whom were probably to blame for tactlessness. Its 

 teeth are very sharp, and fortunately it only snaps and does not 

 hold on. 



When given food it always menaced the person who brought 

 it, and is probably dangerous at such a time. It ate most scraps 

 from the table, meat, raAv or cooked, but not tinned or preserved ; 

 it appeared to prefer fowls and fish to beef and mutton. For 

 five months it was fed on maize-porridge and soup bones. It 

 regularly overate the maize, disgorged the surplus and, after 

 half-an-hour's I'est, would eat it again. It was fond of rice, milk 

 puddings, cakes, biscuits, bread without crusts, and sweet fruits. 

 Its only drink was water, even soups being rejected. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1923, No. XLYII. 47 



