MAMMALIA. n 



34. Acomys rtissafns. Wagn. Miinch, Abhandl. iii. 195. 



• Plate III. i. 

 This diminutive species has only hitherto been found in Palestine near 

 Masada, towards the south end of the Dead Sea. It is only known else- 

 where from Sinai, where Wagner discovered it. These Porcupine Mice 

 are amongst the most beautiful of diminutive quadrupeds, of a rich fawn 

 colour, and their backs more or less covered with spines instead of fur, 

 delicately marked black and white. The genus is a strictly desert one. 



35. Illus dccuDianns. Pall. Zoog. Ross.-Asiat. i., p. 164. The 

 Brown Rat. Arab., ^^J^, Djardoon. 



This cosmopolitan pest has found its way to Palestine, and is as 

 common there as elsewhere. 



36. yI/?/y alcxandrinus. Gcoffr. Descript. de I'Egypte. 



This Egyptian species is the House-Mouse of the towns on the coast. 



37. Mits niusculus. L. Syst. Nat. i., p. S3. Mouse. 

 The European House-Mouse is common in all the towns. 



38. Mas sylvaticns. L. Syst. Nat. i., p. 84. Field-Mousc. 

 Found in the plains. It is a native of all Europe and Western Asia. 



39. Illjis prcslcxius. Licht. Brants. Muiz. 125. 



On the plain of Gennesaret, in the Jordan valley, and Dead Sea basin. 

 Found through Arabia and Syria. 



40. Mas bactriaiins. Blyth. J. A. S. .xv. 140. The Sandy Mouse. 

 Found about villages, and seems, indeed, to take there the place of 



I\Ihs viuscuhts. It was first described from the Punjaub and Affghanistan, 

 and has since been noticed by Blanford throughout Persia. 



41. ]\Ius variegatiis. Licht. Brants. Muiz. 102. 



Said to inhabit the wilderness south of Judaea, but has not come under 

 my notice. It is abundant in Egypt and Nubia, and found also in Sinai 

 and Arabia. 



42. Cricctiis plicciis. Pall. Zoog. Ross-Asiat. i., p. 163. The 

 Hamster, 



A? 



