1905. J FROM THE WAKKERSTROOM DISTRICT, TRANSVAAL. 135 



" Zulu name in Transvaal ' Cagiti.' Found on the high veldt 

 only ; not so common as Gynictis penicillata, to which its habits 

 are similar." — C. H. B. G. 



12. Herpestes gracilis punctulatus Gray. 



This Mongoose may be distinguished by its generally darker 

 colour and the much brighter suffusion on the head and shoulders 

 from its nearest ally, H. gracilis cauui Smith *, which was 

 described from Kurrichaine, Western Transvaal t. By the kind- 

 ness of Dr. H. 0. Forbes, Director of the Liverpool Museum, we 

 have been enabled to examine the type of Heiyestes cauui, and 

 find that it agrees in every way with specimens obtained at Essex 

 Yale in Matabililand by Mr. F. C. Selous. 



" Zulu naixie in Transvaal ' Cagiti.' It is said by the natives 

 to be very fond of snakes, especially the ' Mamba.' They say 

 that when it finds the sleeping-hole of one, it digs another 

 directly above ami behind the entrance and communicating with 

 it, and waits thei-e for the return of the occupant, when it seizes 

 it at the back of head and instantly despatches it." — G. U. B. G. 



13. IcTONYX capensis Kaup. 

 ^ . 779. Zuurbron. 



cJ. 696. $.695,721. Wakkerstroom. 



" Zulu name in Transvaal ' Iqaqa.' Found and trapped in 

 the clumps of rocks on the hillsides and under the ki-antzes. 

 Very destructive to poultry and occasionally eating carrion." — ■ 

 G. H. B. G. 



14. Tatera braktsii Smith. 



J. 692, 701, 710. $.699. Wakkerstroom. 



The typical locality of Smith's Gerbilhts hrantsiit was the 

 " hills towards the sources of the Caledon River," that is to say 

 along the Basuto border of the Orange River Colony. 



" Not common, nor observed in the low veldt, but seems to 

 favour lands that have at one time been under cultivation. 

 Apparently lives in pairs with the young in small burrows of five 

 or six holes. Nocturnal only and a vegetai-ian." — G. H. B. G. 



15. Otomys irroratus Brants. 



$ . 723, 724 (1 in spirit). Wakkerstroom. 



S . 775, 782. $ . 760. Zuurbron. 



'• Zulu name in Transvaal ' Ibuusi.' Partial to vleis, shuts, and 

 all damp places where sufficient cover exists, also found occa- 

 sionally in a clump of rocks some little distance from any water 

 and in farm lands. 



* Report of Expedition, p. 42 (1836). 



t 25' 40" S., 27' 10" E. 



X Report of Expedition, p. 43 (1836), 



