Manchester Memoirs, Vol. li. (1907), No. 5. 9 



[Lycaon pictus (The Hunting Dog)]. 



" ' Mmbulu ' of the lake tribes, ' Pumpi ' of the 

 Asenga. 



" This animal is fairly common throughout the country 

 in packs of 4 or 5 to as many as 20 or 30 individuals. 

 It is extraordinarily ferocious, and kills vast quantities of 

 game. It is universally stated by natives to chase lions 

 and will kill their cubs. I heard of no instance of its 

 attacking man. I have witnessed a pack of these dogs 

 hunting on the Loangwa, and they twice drove antelope 

 into the river, one of which was immediately pulled under 

 by crocodiles, the dogs themselves not entering the water 

 at all. One old $ specimen was obtained." 



[Hyaena crocuta (The Spotted Hyaena)]. 



"'Tika' of the Chikunda, ' Fisi' of the Lake tribes, 

 ' Chimbwe ' of the Asenga. 



" The spotted Hyaena is common everywhere. It 

 would usually appear to hunt singly. This cowardly 

 animal becomes very daring on dark and stormy nights, 

 and will steal articles from the middle of a camp. Natives 

 sleeping outside occasionally are severely bitten by them." 



1 $ skull. 



Viverra civetta. 

 Viverra civetta, Schreber, "Saugth.," part 3, p. 418, 1778. 



Neighbourhood of Petauke during 1905. 



A fiat skin labelled 32 without skull, and the skull of 

 a quite young animal. 



" ' Mfungu ' of the Asenga, ' Katumpa ' of the Alala." 



Genetta tigrina. 



Viverra tigrina, Schreber, "Saugth.," part 3, p. 425, 1778. 



Ca. 3. N. bank of Mezi, Portuguese East Africa. 

 Sept. 27, 1904. Alt. 1400. 



Ca. 5. Mterize River. Nov. 5, 1904. Alt. 2000. 



Ca. 8. Mbala Country. May 8, 1905. Alt. 2600. 



