986 R. T. REUTHER | Garten (NF), 
D. Zoolog. 
Coast for the tender young leaves and often visits deserted farmlands to 
get cassava and sweet potato leaves«. Several authors mention bongos 
frequenting salt-licks and having a pronounced taste for charred and 
rotten wood. In captivity ALan Roor (fide) fed the Cleveland female, 
when only a few days old, pasturized whole cow’s milk from a bottle. 
When 4 months old this animal was taking 5 quarts of milk daily and at 
5 months of age she was eating sweet potato plants, lucerne, maize, and 
other greenstuffs. The captive bongo »Doreen«, captured at about the age 
of 6 months, was immediately persuaded to suck from a domestic cow and 
later drink milk from a basin (PERcy-SmitrH 1933). »Karen«, the Cleveland 
female is now thriving on alfalfa hay, a pelletized mixture of grains, molasses, 
and other additives, and cut mixed vegetables. | 
Acknowledgements 
I wish to thank LEE S. CRANDALL, Sfc. Marvin Jones, and WALTER VAN DEN BERGH 
for supplying details concerning various captive animals. 
The Cleveland Bongo was obtained through the generosity of Col. B. C. Goss. 
Drs. Ropert T. Orr and Davip H. JoHNson reviewed the manuscript... 
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