HE POTTO. 
the same kind of food and exhibited no special differences of habit from the Slow Loris of Asia, pre- 
sently to be described, if we except a more intractable disposition; for they have seemed rather addicted 
to giving an ugly bite whenever attempted to be handled, however gently. Mr. Bartlett managed to 
get one that showed a more amiable disposition, courting kindly stroking. When first obtained, it 
was so yoimg that doubts were entertained of its surviving, especially as it suffered from the cold 
weather. To obviate this a small bag of liare-skin was made, far inside, and Master Potto was placed 
therein. Furthermore, a bitch having whelps on the premises, one 
of the latter was put in with the young African for a while, then 
another, and so on in rotation, the animal heat of Potto being duly 
sustained. The latter clung to the puppies as it would to its 1 
mother, hugging them on the belly so tight that the doggies did not 
quite seem to relish their forced companion. This nursing, however, 
did well, and Potto was duly reared, and became on the whole 
good tempered. 
Mr. Sknes records having purchased a female at Cape Coast 
on the 31st March, 1869, along with its young one, which had been 
born on the 8th February. They slept all day ; the mother usually 
perched on a door, with the youngster clasped to her belly, by its 
fore and hind extremities. At dusk they came down and wandered 
about the room all night. After a time, young Potto scampered 
hither and thither on Ids own account. Milk and bread they re- 
fused, but would feed on pine-apples and bananas, with water. 
Although there were in, sects about the room, as is the case always 
in tropical climates, the Pottos were never detected eating them, 
but one day the mother was found busily munching at a tray of pre- 
served Beetles. At Accra, circumstances prevented due attention being given them, and there the 
young one died aged twenty -two weeks. The mother survived only six weeks after on nearing 
Teneriffe. The negroes seemed to be much afraid of the Potto, which they called “ Aposo,” or 
t£ Aposou.” It inhabits West Africa and the coasts of the Gulf of Guinea. 
The hairs on the Potto are longish, soft, and woolly, mouse-coloured at the base, rusty in the 
middle, and paler tipped. Hence results a general chestnut tint, with intermixture of grey, the 
under surface being considerably paler. The limbs are nearly of one length ; the head rounded, with 
sliglitly-hairy shortish ears, and moderately-projecting muzzle. The nose and chin are almost 
naked and flesh-coloured, the former grooved or nicked in the centre. The eyes are lateral and 
oblique, very convex, and with an oblong pupil. The index, or first finger, is very short, resembling 
a tubercle. 
The nature and number of the teeth indicate a mixed diet, as there are four incisors above and 
below, and two canines in the upper and lower jaw. Then come three pre-molars and three lower 
grinders on each side in both jaws. 
BAND AND FOOT OF ARCTOCEBUS. 
(After Huxley, Zool, Soc. Proc.) 
GENUS AKCTOCEBUS, OB BEAB MONKEY TBIBE* 
The next genus is very singular. The species has just the trace of a tail, and the index finger is 
reduced to a slight projection, or tubercle, on which there is no trace of a nail, and the fingers and toes 
about the lower joints are united by skin. The ear has two cross folds, and there are fifteen dorsal 
back-bones, and seven in the loin region. 
THE ANGWANTIBO.f 
Our knowledge of this curious African species, which comes from West Africa and Old Calabar, 
truly a “ three-fingered Jack,” is due to the Bev. A. Bobb, when missionary at Old Calabar. From his 
* A very surprising term, as it applies to a Lemuroid. 
T Arctocebus cdabarensis. 
