. Big game hunting in Africa and other lands; the appearance, habits, traits of character and every detail of wild animal life ... Hunting -- Africa; Animal behavior. 324 THE STORY OF THE a VET, is often found to have taken up its residence in the thick tbatched roofs of native houses. I found a large colony of them established in the rafters of my own house at Calcutta. It is also occasionally found in dry drains, out- houses and other places of shelter. It issues forth at dark, living by prefer-. AN AFRICAN CIVET. ence on animal food, rats, lizards, small birds, poultry, and eggs; but it als
. Big game hunting in Africa and other lands; the appearance, habits, traits of character and every detail of wild animal life ... Hunting -- Africa; Animal behavior. 324 THE STORY OF THE a VET, is often found to have taken up its residence in the thick tbatched roofs of native houses. I found a large colony of them established in the rafters of my own house at Calcutta. It is also occasionally found in dry drains, out- houses and other places of shelter. It issues forth at dark, living by prefer-. AN AFRICAN CIVET. ence on animal food, rats, lizards, small birds, poultry, and eggs; but it also freely partakes of vegetable food, fruit, and insects. In confinement it will also eat plantains, boiled rice, bread-and-milk, etc. It is very fond of cock- roaches. Now and then it will commit depredations on some Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lundeberg, Axel; Seymour, Frederick H. A. [Chicago, D. B. McCurdy
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