WHITISH LEMUR. 
Lemur Calago. Z. caudatus albidus, subtus griseus, cauda ferru^ 
ginea. 
Long-tailed whitish Lemur, grey beneath^ with ferruginous tail. 
Calago. Geoffr. Magaz, Encydop. i. p. ^i.pl. i. 
This is one of the smaller species, measuring 
about six or seven inches from the nose to the 
tail, which is about eight inches long. Its co- 
lour is a yellowish-white above, and ash-coloured 
beneath ; but the tail is ferruginous, and the head 
almost entirely grey. It is to be observed also, 
that the hairs on the body are grey for the great- 
est part of their length, the tips alone being white ; 
thus causing the Avhite or whitish-yellow tinge 
before mentioned. The ears are thin, upright, 
rounded at the tips, and very large. The hind 
legs are much longer than before : the index or 
first finger of the hind feet is furnished, as in 
most others of this genus, with a sharp claw, 
while all the rest have rounded nails. The Gala- 
go is an animal of a mild disposition : it is almost 
always found on trees, and lives on insects, which 
it easily catches with its fore feet, and devours 
with singular readiness. It brings forth its young 
in the hollows of trees, where it prepares its nest, 
which it lines with herbage. The negroes of 
Galam hunt these animals for the purpose of food. 
We owe the first knowledge of this species to 
Mons. Adanson, who discovered it in Senegal. 
