. L'homme et la bête dans l'Est de l'Ethiopie : à partir d'observations faites en Afrique de l'Est, l'Ouganda et le Soudan . Histoire naturelle ; les peuples autochtones ; de l'Ethnologie. Le mauvais poisson 37 NYANZA VICTORIA reste dans le cocon jusqu'à la saison des pluies inonde le marais. très voraces fisli : il mange des grenouilles, Lepidosiren est vers, insectes, crustacés, et expositions en cannibale par stincts et manger ses bas. En effet, Newton Parker, qui a écrit un admirable compte de la boue-poisson, déclare qu'il est difficile d'un et aussi bitma' fel-. Lepidosiren est un fisli vorace ; c'est souvent ses compagnons et les morsures de la pen

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. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. Ill THE VICTORIA NYANZA 37 fish remains in the cocoon until the rainy season floods the marshes. very voracious fisli : it eats frogs, Lepidosiren is worms, insects, crustaceans, and exhibits cannibal in stincts by and eating its lows. Indeed, Newton Parker, who wrote an admirable account of the mud-fish, states that it is difficult to a and also bitma' fel-. Lepidosiren is a voracious fisli ; it often bites its companions and nips off the ends of tlieir filamentous fins. When the fins grow again they are sometimes bifid. keep these fish alive in an aquarium for any length of time owing to their habit of killing and eating one another even when supplied with an abundance of food. The bite from their scissor-like teeth causes terrible wounds. Lepidosiren has two pairs of filamentous fins, and of these the pectoral is longer than the pelvic pair, and occasioually one of these fins is bifid. Some years ago these animals were exhibited in a tank at the Zoological Gardens, and I noticed that one of the fins was bifid. The keeper told me that the deformity was due to its companion biting off the free end of the fin, and as the part grew again it became double. I am satisfied that this is a good explanation. It certainly accords with what we know of the lizard's tail, for when a lizard loses its tail and regeneration occurs, the new portion is often Ijifid and sometimes trifid at the tip. When the ends of tails are bitten off, the parts are regenerated but never attain their normal length. The fishermen of the lake fear the bite of the mud-fish. When this fish burrows into the mud, the mouth of the fiask-like cavity which surrounds it is closed by a lid perforated by a small aperture. The margins of this aperture are pushed inwards so as to form a funnel for insertion between the lips of the fish. Boulanger, who has wr

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