. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. XATUliAL BlUTOliY. species mentioned above, and lias fawn-grey far above, and yellowish-wliite beneatu, with dark-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 IMotlis wit
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. XATUliAL BlUTOliY. species mentioned above, and lias fawn-grey far above, and yellowish-wliite beneatu, with dark-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 IMotlis 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 gi'ound, 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, "Camimdi," it is also well known in the intexior of the East African Coast, viz., above Tete near the Zambesi River. 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. THE MAHOLI 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 i
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