LONG-FINGERED LEMURS 65 
which is about eight inches long. Its colour is 
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 greatest part 
of their length, the tips alone being white ; thus 
causing the white, 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, w ith a sharp claw, while all the rest 
have rounded nails. The galago 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 
greediness. It brings forth its young in the hollow 
of trees, where it prepares its nest, which it lines 
with herbage. The negroes of Galam hunt these 
animals for food. 
Long-fingered lemur. 
This very singular species has much the appear- 
ance of a squirrel. M. Sonnerat observes that it 
seems allied to the lemurs, the squirrels, and the 
monkies. It measures from fourteen to eighteen 
inches from the nose to the tail, which is about 
the same length. The general colour of the 
animal is a pale ferruginous brown, mixed with 
black and grey ; on the head, round the eyes, and 
on the upper parts of the body, the ferruginous 
brown prevails, with a blackish cast on the back 
and limbs ; the tail is entirely black ; the sides 
of the head, the neek, the lower jaw , and the belly, 
are greyish > there is also a kind of woolly hairs 
of this colour, and of two or three inches in length, 
scattered over the whole body ?; the thighs and 
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