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dark shading, the rest with a drab sub-terminal band, the general 

 effect of spiny area scarcely speckled, and nearly as pale as fur. 

 In the type specimen the fur is a dull cream-buff, and the feet 

 are washed with broccoli-brown ; spines drab brown with light 

 tips, essentially as in true europseus. 



Measurements. — Type : hind foot (dry), 40. Adult male and 

 female from Burgos, Spain : head and body, 270 and 250 ; tail, 

 30 and 28 ; hind foot, 43 and 41. Adult male and female from 

 Pajares, Leon : head and body, 252 and 249 ; tail, 22 and 21 ; 

 hind foot, 44 and 42. For cranial measurements see Table, 

 p. 125. 



Specimens examined. — Twenty, from the following localities in Spain : 

 Arrechavaleta, Vitoria, 1; Pajares, Leon, 7; Burgos, 5; Palacios de la 

 Sierra, Burgos, 1; Bejar, Salamanca, 2; Seville, 4. 



RemavTis. — The Spanish hedgehog is a moderately well 

 differentiated form. Extreme specimens are easily distinguish- 

 able from typical europseus ; but in general the difference between 

 the two races must be regarded as an average one. 



6. Arrechavaleta, Vitoria, 0. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 9. 



Spain. (iV. Gonzalez.) 



c5, 2 9, 9 juv. Pajares, Leon. [N. Gon- 0. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 2-6. 



zalez.) 



6, 9, 9 juv. Burgos. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 17-19. 



2 6. Burgos. {N. Gonzalez.) 0. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 10-11. 



2 6 juv. Bejar, Salamanca. {N. 0. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 7-8. 



Gonzalez.) 



6, 2 9, 1. Seville. (Dr. A. Ruiz.) Lord Lilford (p). 95. 3. 3. 1-4. 



{Type of subspecies 95. 3. 3. 2.) 



Erinaceus eueop^us italicus Barrett-Hamilton. 



1857. Erinaceus europseus Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 153 (part). 

 1900. Erinaceus europaus italicus Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., 7th ser., v, p. 364, April, 1900. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Erinaceus europseus italicus Trouessart, Fauna Mamm. d'Europe, 



p. 39. 



Type locality. — Siena, Italy. 



Geographical distribution. — Italian Switzerland, Italy and 

 Sardinia ; Corsica ? 



Diagnosis. — Colour as in E. europseus europseus or slightly 

 paler ; size less than in the typical race, the largest skulls 

 probably not exceeding 59 mm. 



Colour. — The colour is about as in the paler individuals of 

 typical europseus, though the speckling of the spiny area seems in 

 general to be finer, and the underparts usually lack all heavy 

 dark clouding. 



Measurements. — Adult female from Curoggio, Ticino, Switzer- 

 land : head and body, 250; tail, 29 ; hind foot, 41. Two adult 



