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6. Erinaceus aethiopicus Ehrenb. 

 cJ 74. Nakheila. 



T. Erinaceus auritus (im. 

 6 184. Natrou Yalley.* 



8. Felis ocreata Gra. 



? 38. Nakheila. 



<? 172. Merowe. 



Should further material show that the cats from this region differ from those 

 of Northern Abyssiuia, they would have to bear the name of manictdata given by 

 Temminck to a specimen from Ambukol in 1834. t 



'•I. Genetta dongolana Ilempr. & Ehrenb. 

 S 85. Kerma. 



111. Herpestes albicauda Uuv. 



(? 11 ; ? 12. Sheroik. 



? 13.5, 144. Merowe. 



S 9G. Kerma. 



These specimens show very well the variable character of the colonr of thn tail 

 in this species, which is as often black as white. 



This fact, even now not generally known, was pointed out by Mr. Oldfield 

 Thomas as long ago as 1882. J 



, 11. Vulpes vulpes aegyptiaca Sonn. 



i 9.5, 99, luo, 107, 110 ; ? 98, lo8, 109. Kerma. 



? 149. Merowe. 



The only adult specimen. No. 149, is rather paler than the foxes obtained at 

 Shendi by Mr. Rothschild on a previous trip, but is probably nothing more than 

 a slight variation from the usual form. Should the Dongolan fo.x prove different to 

 the form found in Lower Egypt, it will have to bear the name of C. sabbar given 

 by Hemprich & Ehrenburg. § 



12. Tatera robustus <.'ret/.schm. 

 (J 28, 29, 33, 08 ; ? 32, 39, 69, 70. Nakheila. 



13. Gerbillus gerbillus Oliv. 

 cJ 81, 91. Kerma. 

 ? 141. Merowe. 



* The N.atron Valley specimen.s were collected by an Arab tiapper, and therefore Ihc e.rai-t locality \n 

 the Natron Valley where they were secured cannot be stated, 

 I Temni., Man, Mamin. p. 128. 

 i P.ZK 1W2, p. 77. 

 § Hempr. & Ehrenb., Si/mb. /'/(//.«., Mamm. Dec. ii. 1832. 



