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males from Siena, Italy : head 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. 



Specime?is 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. 



BemarJcs. — ^Though not so pale as the Spanish race the Italian 

 hedgehog seems worthy of recognition as a form distinct from 

 true europseus. 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 specimens 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 Corsica, but 

 no specimens have yet been compared with the Italian race. 



9. Empoli, Florence, Italy. A. H. Savage Landor 97. 3. 7. 1. 



(c & p). 

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



{TyjJe 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. {W. 0. Thomas (p1. 0. 12. 3. 5. 



Wolterstorff.) 



S. Bare. {W. Wolterstorff.) O. Thomas (p). 0. 12. 3. 3. 



9. Marusei. (W. Wolterstorff.) O. Thomas (p). 0. 12. 3. 6. 



9 juv. Trecorgia. {'W. Wolterstorff.) 0. Thomas (p). 0. 12. 3. 4. 



Erinaceus europ.eus consolei Barrett-Hamilton. 



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



Hist., 7th ser., v, p. 366, April, 1900. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Erinaceus europseus consolei Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, 



p. 40. 



Type locality. — Palermo, Sicily. 



Geographical distribution. — Sicily. 



Diagnosis. — Size apparently as in E. europseus italicns (only 

 known specimen imperfect) ; colour differing from that of 

 italicus in the uniform dusky brown head and shoulders : quills 

 unusually robust, their dark and light markings strikingly con- 

 trasted. 



Colour. — Whole head and sides of neck and shoulders a 

 uniform dark brown between hair-brown and sepia, si3i'inkled 

 with buffy grey hairs. The dark brown continues back along 



* Type. 



