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NATURAL HISTORY. 
species mentioned above, and lias fawn-grey fur above, and yellowish-white beneath, with darlc-brown- 
feet and tail, and a white stripe on the face. It is common in the Senegal forests, even to the borders 
of the great Sahara Desert. Its habits in 
no way differ from the other Galagos’, though 
it is asserted that when pressed by hunger it 
feeds on the gum-arabic, plentiful in the 
acacia trees of its native forests. Its eager- 
ness in the capture of insect prey is well 
attested. It pursues Beetles, Sphinges, and 
Moths with great ardour, even while they 
are on the wing, making prodigious bounds 
at them, and often leaping right upwards to- 
seize them. Should it by chance miss its 
object and accidentally fall from the branch 
to the ground, it re-ascends with the rapidity 
of flight to renew the hunt. In captivity it 
freely eats chopped meat, eggs, and milk. 
Although good-tempered in confinement, it 
nevertheless is vivacious and petulant. At 
night it is always on the move, and if the 
occasion arises, darts off to the woods with- 
out a moment’s delay. The Moors say its- 
flesh is good eating. 
The so-called Sennaar Galago* by some 
is held to be a different species, but by many 
is only deemed a variety of the preceding. 
This animal is plentiful on the wooded banks 
of the White Nile, and is spread over the 
forest tracts in Kordofan, and in the same 
latitudes to the Blue Nile in Sennaar, bordering 
Abyssinia. By the native name, “ Cannindi,” 
it is also well known in the interior of the 
East African Coast, viz., above Tete near the Zambesi Biver. If, moreover, the Maholi Galago, as 
certain authorities believe, is but a variety of the same, then the Senegal Galago ranges over nearly 
three-quarters the length and breadth / . 
of Africa. / f/f 
THE MUSCLES AND TENDONS OF THE TAIL OF GLAND GALAGO. 
{Modified after Nuria- and Mivart.) 
THE MAHOU GALAGO.f 
Originally discovered and de- 
scribed by the late Sir Andrew 
Smith in his “ South African Zoo- 
logy,” this is one of the most charm- 
ing and interesting little creatures 
imaginable. 
The general colouring 
FOOT-BONES OF GRAND, OR THICK-TAILED GALAGO. 
( Altered after Be Blainville.) 
of the upper parts is a yellowish or 
brownish-grey, with slightly darker 
brindling on the back, a broad nose-streak, cheeks and throat white, and a tinge of yellow intermixed with 
the white of the belly and inside of the limbs. The great tender-looking eyes are of a deep topaz yellow ; the 
ears, flesh-tint inside and downy- white outside, are very big, and betimes are rapidly folded together like 
those of Garnett’s Galago, giving the creature great variety of expression. The head is somewhat globular, 
* Galago sennaar iensis. 
t Galago maholi. 
