4 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber). 



Serotine Bat. 



Vespertilio serotinus Schreber, Saugethiere, 1774, 1, pi. 53; 1775, 1, p. 167 

 (description). 



This common species of southern and central Europe was taken once 

 at Shtora, Syria. 



Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar. 

 Tomb-haunting Bat. 



Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar, Riippell's Atlas reise nordl. Afrika. 

 Siiugeth., 1826, p. 70, fig. 27b. 



A small series was shot at evening from the walls of Jericho, which 

 must be near its northw^ard limit in Palestine. 



Canis aureus Linne. 

 Jackal. 



Canis aureus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, 1, p. 40. 



Throughout much of the country traversed, jackals were common 

 and frequently proved a great nuisance by following the lines of traps 

 and carrying off both trap and mouse. One specimen brought back 

 has a deformed lower jaw, which is so much shorter than the upper, 

 that the lower canines close behind the upper ones. All the teeth 

 seem normally formed, however, but on account of the shortness of 

 the ramus the premolar series is greatly crowded. 



Eliomys melanurus Wagner. 



Black-tailed Dormouse. 



Eliomys melanurus Wagner, Abh. K. Bayer, akad. Miinchen, Math.-phys. cl., 

 1843, 3, p. 176, pi. 3, fig. 1. 



This beautiful dormouse was met with near the west base of Mt. 

 Hermon, where at Ain.Hersha and Rasheya, three specimens were 

 taken. One from the former locality. May 31, is a young individual. 

 It is known also from the Sinai region. 



