14 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



At all events the ventral hook-like process of the jugal is lacking in 

 the Sinai specimen as in these, and they have two perforations of the 

 angle of the jaw instead of one as in the other species. In color J . 

 macrotarsus seems to be very much darker than J. jaculus by reason 

 of the many dark-tipped hairs among the pale buffy fur of the back. 

 These dark tips also extend to the sides of the belly, and give a soiled 

 appearance to the white of this area. Among the vibrissae is a single 

 one of great length on each side (some 104 mm.). The collector's 

 measurements are: — total length 300 mm., tail 180, hind foot 55, 

 ear 22.5. The skull measures: greatest median length 31.7 mm., 

 basal length 28, palatal length 18.5, diastema 8.8, zygomatic breadth 

 21.5, width across malars 20.5, mastoid width 23, upper tooth row 

 (alveoli) 5.1. 



Capra nubiana sinaitica Hemprich and Ehrenberg. 



Sinai Ibex. 



Capra sinaitica Hemprich and Ehrenberg, Symb. phys. zool., 1828, 1, pi. 18. 



Dr. Phillips supplies the following interesting note as to the present 

 status of this animal. 



"The Sinai Ibex still persists over all the rugged parts of the Sinai 

 peninsula, near Akaba and up at least as far as the northeast end of the 

 Dead Sea. Although undoubtedly greatly reduced in numbers since 

 Tristram's time (1884), it manages to persist in spite of the fact that 

 every hand is against it during the entire year, and its freshly dropped 

 kids are eagerly hunted by the natives with dogs. I hunted three 

 days and saw only four smallish animals, but signs were fairly numer- 

 ous. The Ibex appears to be independent of water, at least during 

 winter and spring. The leopard hunts these Ibexes and presumably 

 kills a good many, as various sportsmen have testified. We obtained 

 a new born kid at Feiran, March 30th, and another at Akaba, April 

 16th." Dr. Phillips found evidence that they frequent caves among 

 the rocks as hiding places. 



