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12. Vulpes pallidus Cretzschm. 



Nine skins, Nos. 35, 73, 74, 77, 80, 82, 90, 94, 104. February and March. 



" This pretty fox, known to the natives as ' Barsun,' is fairly conamon near 

 Shendi on both banks of the river. They make bnrrows in the opener parts of the 

 desert, and live in colonies. They swim readily, a specimen which escaped 

 entered the Nile and swam easily." N. c. E. & A. F. E. w. 



13. Canis sp. ? 



" The ' Barshom,' as the natives call the Jackal, is common on the Gebel Blargel, 

 near Shendi, and round the Pyramids of Meroe. We unfortunately failed to get a 

 specimen, though its tracks were numerous." N. C. R. & A. F. E. w. 



14. Gazella Isabella Gray. 

 No. 62 ? \ 



52 i imm. -February and March. 

 29, 60, 79 juv.J 

 A single horn of S adult. 

 " This was the only common species of Gazelle in the district." 



N. c. R. & A, F. E. w. 



15. Gerbillus gerbillus Ollivier. 

 c? Wad Habushi, south of Shendi. March 18. No. 96. 



16. Gerbillus pygargus F. < 'uv. 

 Fourteen skins, Nos. 21, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 97, 98, 99, lul, 105, 106, 107, 113. 



17. Gerbillus (Dipodillus) watersi sp. nov. (PI. XX.) 



Six skins, Nos. 17, 56, 72, 84, 1U2, 103. February and March. 



Type of species. No. 72, (?, Shendi. March 12, 1901. British Museum, No. 

 1. 5. 5. 54. 



Head and body, 65 to 75 mm. ; tail, 100 to 114 mm, ; bind foot, 20 to 22 mm. 



Size, probably smallest of the species of this group found upon the African 

 Continent. Soles of feet naked. Tail long, longer hairs towards the extremity, 

 forming moderate crest and pencil. (Jolour dnu fawn above, with the usual char- 

 acteristic pale spots above the eyes and behind the ears ; cheeks and beneath 

 eyes dull fawn, whiskers mostly black ; whole of under-parts white, clearly defined 

 from the dark colour of the upper surface. Tail distinctly bicoloured, dark often 

 blackish above, jiale fawn or sometimes whitish beneath. 



The nearest allies are probably G. dastjurus, Wagu. from Arabia, and G. nanus 

 Blanford, from Persia. The new species is, however, readily distinguished from 

 both by its brown cheeks, and it is intermediate in size. 



G. bottai Lataste, described from very badly preserved specimens in the 

 Paris Museum, seems to differ sufficiently to warrant the naming of the Shendi 

 l)ijjo</illiis, whose dark whiskers and very distinctly bicoloured tail are alone good 

 distinguishing characters. 



