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a slaty area of variable width, followed by a narrow but sharply 

 defined buffy annulation and an obscurely darker tip. The 

 general eftect is a coarse grizzle, the exact tone of which varies 

 considerably in the different geographical races as well as in 

 individuals of the same race. 



Skidl. — General form of skull rather short, heavy and deep, 

 the zygomatic breadth about f upper length, the brain-case not 



Fig. 22. 

 Erinaceus europxvs. Nat. size. 



conspicuously wider than interorbital region, the rostrum short 

 and deep (distance from anteorbital foramen to front of pre- 

 maxillary less than depth through anterior root of zygoma). 

 Occiput and interorbital region marked by noticeable ridges. 



