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Show 266 MESSRS. O. THOMAS AND H. SCHWANN ON [Apr. 18, 22. Pcecilogale a l b in u c h a Gray. 6 . 659. Sibudeni. 5 . 598. Jususie Yalley. " Zulu name ‘ Myenelesana.' " Common, but exceedingly difficult to trap. They frequent the thick overgrown sluits and kloofs in and around the Kaffir mealie-patches, but do not live in the bush. " The male specimen was killed in the act of eating a vley Otomys. " They have a pungent smell, but not so strong as Ictonyx capensis."-C. H. B. G. 23. S c iuru s p a l l ia tu s o rnatus Gray. c?. 880, 895, 901, 907, 910, 914. $ . 884, 891, 903, 908, 912, 913. Ngoye Hills. " Zulu names ‘ Inpuguloti ' or ‘ Ijindane.' " Similar in habits to the European squirrel. It is not easy to approach and keeps entirely to the thick forest. It does not seem to live in parties, but two are often observed together. This animal is curiously local in Zululand. It is common at Ngoye, in the neighbourhood of Kosi Bay, and on the Maputa River. Near the mouth of the St. Lucia Lake and in the bush toward Cape Vidal it is rare. It is unknown between Ngoye and the Lake district and in Natal."-C. H. B. G. 24. T a ter a br a n t s i i Smith. J . 838, 842. 2 . 813, 839, 872. Umvolosi. " Zulu name ‘ Ibuusi.' " Fairly common, especially in the native gardens and potato-patches. Their burrows are of considerable size, especially on the grass-covered flats, where they are undisturbed. This animal is very wary of traps, and can only be caught with a buried trap baited with a sweet potato. I tried digging them out, but the holes went down to such a depth that they were lost in the loose sand. Strictly nocturnal and a vegetable feeder."-C. H. B. G. 25. G r a ph iu r u s m u r in u s Desm. c?. 595, 656. $ . 648, 663, 672. Sibudeni. " Zulu name ‘ Mpuguloti.' " Fairly common, but nocturnal. Almost exclusively a bush animal, though sometimes found in the rocks on the hill-sides some little distance from the bush."-C. H. B. G. 26'. O tomys irro ratu s Brants. $ . 675. Sibudeni. This specimen agrees closely in skin and skull-characters with the series collected by Mr. Grant in the neighbourhood of Cape Town, which may be considered as representing Brants's irroratus. " Zulu name ‘ Ibusi.' " Fairly common, frequenting the overgrown sluits and vleys |