1907.] MAMMALS FROM COGUNO, INHAMBANE. 295 



described from Inhambane, but as they are indistinguishable from 

 6'. campestris, it seems probable that fuscus was based on a dark 

 coloured specimen and represents no more than an individual 

 variation. 



" Native name, ' Sikwikle.' 



" Yery common and frequenting the native lands and the 

 adjacent bush." — 0. H. B. G. 



26. MUS RATTUS L. 



c?. 1520,1526,1527,1551,1581,1652,1657,1658. $. 1528. 



" Native name, ' Tikonso.' 



" Yery common and confined to the kraals and houses, never 

 ajjparently visiting even the adjacent cultivated land. Several 

 other examj)les besides the specimens sent were seen and all were 

 very small in size. Apparently exclusively nocturnal." — C. H. B. G. 



27. Mus COUCH A Smith. 



cJ. 1497, 1502, 1511, 1512, 1605, 1624, 1666. $. 1480, 

 1504, 1648. 



" Native name, ' Supwisne.' 



" Common and habits similar to those of members of the species 

 in other parts of S. Africa." — C. H. B. G. 



28. Mus CHRYSOPHiLUS de Wint. 



S. 1507, 1510, 1513, 1529, 1548, 1601. $. 1530, 1540, 

 1541, 1549, 1550. 



" Native name, ' Sinse.' 



" Common ; habits similar to those of members of the species 

 in other parts of S. Afiica." — C. H. B. G. 



29. Thamnomys arborarius Peters, 

 c?. 1604, 1643. ?. 1644. 



" Native name, ' Shikoloveta 



" According to the natives this species is fairly plentiful, although 

 they were unable to get me specimens ; the three secured being the 

 only examples I saw. It is arboreal in habits, forming, according 

 to native report, nests similar to Dendromus or Th. doUchurus ." 

 — C. H. B. G. 



30. Leggada minutoides A. Sm. 

 d. 1490. 



"■ Native name, ' Senbendenyumbe ' 



"Apparently rare, as the specimen sent was the onlv one taken 

 or observed."— C. H. B. G. 



31. Cricetomys gambianus adventor, subsp. n. 

 c?. 1632, 1641, 1651. ?. 1642, 1650, 1659. 



Size and general characters as in gambiamts and g. viatoi^ ; the 



