126 INSECTIVORA 



males from Siena, Italy : liead and body, 210 and 220 ; * tail, 30 

 and 28 ; ''' hind foot, 40 and 42.* Two adult females from the 

 same locality : head and body, 200 and 208 ; tail, — and 32 ; 

 hind foot, 43 and 38. For cranial measurements see Table, 

 p. 125. 



Specimens examined. — Seventeen, from the following localities : — 

 Switzerland : Bigorio, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Curoggio, Ticino, 1 

 (U.S.N.M.); Gentilino, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.). 



Italy : Empoli, Florence, 1 ; Siena, 4 ; Ostia, Rome, 1 ; Rome, 4. 

 Sardinia : Su Cramu, 1 ; Bare, 1 ; Marusei, 1 ; Trecorgia, 1. 



Remarks. — Though not so pale as the Spanish race the Italian 

 hedgehog seems worthy of recognition as a form distinct from 

 true eurupseus. Its status is at present unsatisfactory, owing to 

 the lack of sufficient material ; but specimens from south of the 

 Alps seem never to attain the large size of Central European 

 adults. The Sardinian si^ecimens that I have seen are in general 

 paler than those from the mainland ; but here again the material 

 is insufficient. A hedgehog is known to occur in Cor.sica, but 

 no specimens have yet been compared with the Italian race. 



9. Empoli, Florence, Italy. A. H. Savage Laudor 97.3.7.1. 



(c & p). 

 2 ^, 2 9. Siena. (S. Brorji.) Dr. E. Hamilton (p). 98. 10. 2. 5-8. 



(Type of subspecies 98. 10. 2. 5.) 

 1. Ostia, Rome. Dr. L. Sambon (c & p). 1. 1. 2. 7. 



3 6. Rome. (C. Coli.) G. Barrett-Hamilton 11. 1. 2. 3-4. 96. 



6. Su Cramu, Sardinia. (IT. O. Thomas (p). 0. 12. 3. 5. 



WoUerstorff.) 



6. Bare. (17. Woltersforff.) 0. Thomas (p). 0. 12. 3. 3. 



9. Marusei. (W. Wolterstorff.) 0. Thomas (P). 0.12.8.6. 



9 juv. Trecorgia. (ll'.iroZ^_Tsto>^.) 0. Thomas (p). 0.12.3.4. 



Erinaceus europ.eus consolei Barrett-Hamilton. 



1900. Erinaceus europxus consolei Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., 7th ser., v, p. 866, April, 1900. Type in British iluseum. 

 1910. Erinaceus europxus consolei Trouessart, Faune INIamm. d'Europe, 



p. 40. 



Type locality. — Palermo, Sicily. 



Geographical distrihiUion. — Sicily. 



Diagnosis. — Size apparently as in E. enrnp'ceus italicus (only 

 known specimen imperfect) ; colour differing from that of 

 italiciis in the uniform dusky brown head and shoulders ; quills 

 unusually robust, their dark and liglit markings strikingly con- 

 trasted. 



Colour. — Whole head and sides of neck and shouldei'S a 

 uniform dark brown between hair-brow^i and sepia, sprinkled 

 with bufty grey hairs. The dark brown continues back along 



* Type. 



