KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAE. BAND 48. N:0 5. 45 



length of 75 mm. and a basicranial length varying between 58 and 62,6 mm. 0. 

 hadius from Ugalla, German East Africa, is dark reddish brown. 0. lasiotis from 

 Mombasa has hairy ears and white tail. 0. agisymbanus from Zanzibar appears to be 

 a smaller animal than the one now described with the length of body 20 Vs cm., 

 head 5 cm., and tail 22 cm., according to the original description^ by Coqiteeel. 



The type specimen of Galago {Otolemur) kihuyuensis was shot in the forest near 

 Escarpment station at an altitude said to be 8,000 feet, the 7*^ of Jan. 1910. It was 

 an adult male. I found it in the evening when it had already become so dark that 

 it only with difficulty could be seen against the sky. Although I tried to secure 

 some more specimens walking through the forest in the evenings before and after 

 sunset, I did not succeed. My gunbearer saw once a second specimen jump from a 

 tree to another, and we heard the »Komba's» chattering scream now and then in the 

 evening, that was all. One night part of a Dendrohyrax which I had shot in the 

 evening before but which remained hanging on a branch, was eaten, and my »boys» 

 who brought it down in the morning said that it was the »Komba's» work. 



Gallago gallarum Thomas. 



Thomas: Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1901, Ser. 7, Vol. Vin, p. 27. 



This beautiful little Galago is not uncommon in the dry thornbush country 

 north of Guaso Nyiri, and it may be seen astir and moving about in the bushes 

 even in broad daylight. The first specimen was observed by the present author in 

 the bushes bordering the dry bed of a small rivulet at Njoro ^*/2. It was not shy 

 at all, but I had no shotgun and was just trying to stalk a Giraffe at that moment, 

 so I had to leave it alone. About 3 weeks later when we were camping north of 

 Guaso Nyiri below Chanler Falls I saw another specimen which jumped up from the 

 lower branches of a bush to the top of the same where it stared at us. This spe- 

 cimen was secured. The same day ^Vs the negroes accompanying Mr. Cunninghamb 

 stoned another specimen which also was preserved. The following day I found not 

 less than 3 specimens in a horribly spiny acacia bush, in which they moved with 

 great dexterity, although it appeared almost impossible to evade the sharp spines. 

 Two were shot in the bush and the third on the ground where it tried to run away 

 with long jumps. 



The description published by Thomas (1. c.) corresponds almost in all details 

 with my specimens. As I unfortunately have no access to Ridg way's nomenclature 

 of colours I do not know exactly what his »ecru drab» is like. When my specimens 

 were alive climbing and jumping in the bushes they gave the impression of being 

 light grey with light ochre-yellow, or perhaps better honey-yellow hind legs. When 

 made into skins the reddish fawn or vinaceous cinnamon below the tips of the hair 

 shines through in some places and in others the black terminal rings of the hair form 



1 Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 2 Ser., T. XI Paris 1859, p. 459. 



