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13. YivERRA ciVETTA Schveb. 



?. 1828. 

 " Native name, ' Mf ungc' " 



14. Crossarchus fasciatus Desm. 



c?. 1941. $. 1810 (juv.), 1942. 



" Native name, ' Ndembo.' 



" Quite common, but not easy to secure. 



" Always obsei'ved in troops, often of considerable size. The 

 troops seem to comprise a great proportion of immature indi- 

 viduals ; in one instance I killed five from a troop with one shot, 

 four of which were young. 



" Living almost exclusively on insects, for which they diligently 

 search everywhere, uttering continually the peculiar chattering 

 which generally betrays their whereabouts, 



" Exclusively diurnal." 



15. FUNISCIURUS MUTABILIS Pet. 



c?. 1798, 1868, 1901, 1909. $. 1829, 1869, 1916. 



'* Nativ'e name, ' Sindi.' 



" Yery common in the forest ; always in pairs." 



16. FuNisciuRus CEPAPi A. Sm. 



r?. 1915, 1918. 



" Native name, ' Konkwa.' 



"Fairly common, more so in the open ' bush veldt ' than in the 

 real forest. 



" Feeding on various seeds and fruits — especially, when in 

 season, the fruit of the Maf ara. 



" Diurnal only." 



17. Tatera inclusa, sp. n. 



S. 1838. $. 1879. 



A large Tatera, with tail longer than head and body. 



Size about as in T. draco. 



Fur soft but short, about 10 mm. in length on the back. 



Ground-colour above " ochraceous buff," more or less modified 

 by black, below white. Individual hairs of the upper surface 

 dark slate-colour, tipped with ochraceous on the sides, sub- 

 terminally ringed with ochraceous and tipped with black in the 

 dorsal region ; of the belly white from their bases. Hands and 

 feet white. No white tip to tail. 



Skull narrower than in T. draco, with longer nasals and iipper 

 molar series ; the upper incisors less deeply grooved, the groove 

 less central. 



The following are measurements (those of the body taken by 

 the collector) : — 



Head and body 163 mm. ; tail 184 ; hind foot 39 ; ear 27. 



