XERUS ERYTHOPUS. 43 



liole ill search of buds, leaves, seeds aud fruits on which 

 it feeds, v, Heugliu has captured it in sandy plains on 

 the Somali-coast and Blanford has observed this species in 

 rocky places close to the shore of the Annesley-Bay and 

 saw it also at an elevation of 1500 feet. Frequently five 

 or six are seen together keeping to the ground. 

 Mounted specimens in the Leyden Museum : 

 ]. Adult male, Abyssinia, Voyage of Riippell. — 2 and 

 3. Adult females, Riippell , Abyssinia. — 4. Adult male, 

 Frank, 1880, Abyssinia. — 5. Adult, Somali-coast , Revoil 

 1881, presented by Prof. Alph. Milne Edwards. 



6. Skull of W\ 1. — 7. Skull of N^ 2. — 8. Skull of 

 N^ 3. — 9. Skull of N^ 4. — 10. Skull of N-^. 5. 



Xerus erythopus. 



1803. Scmrus erythopus Et. Geofiroy Saint Hilaire. Ca- 

 talogue des Mammifères du Muséum national 

 d'Histoire naturelle, p. 178. (A very rare book). 



1817. Sciurus albovittatus Desmarest. Nouveau diet. d'Hist. 

 Nat. T. X. p. 110. 



1830. Sciurus erythropus Fr. Cuvier. Mammif. lithogr. 

 T. IV. 



1835 — 40. Sciurus leucoumhrinus Riippell. Neue Wirbel- 

 thiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. 

 p. 38. 



183G. Sciurus (Spermosciurus) congicxis (?) Lesson. His- 

 toire naturelle des Mammif. T. V. p 401 -^ 

 Sciurus (Spermosciurus) marahutus and prestigiator 

 Lesson. 1. c. p. 402. — Sciurus (Spermosciurus) 

 pyrropus Lesson (non Fr. Cuvier). 1. c. p. 400. 



1843. Sciurus pyrrhopus Wagner (non Fr. Cuv ). Schre- 

 ber's Saugethiere. Suppl. Bd. III. p. 215. — 

 Sciurus erythropus Wagner. 1. c. p. 215. — Sciu7'us 

 congicus {^) Wagner. 1. c. p. 217. 



1845. Sciurus erythropus Schinz. Synopsis Mammalium. 

 \jd. II. pp. 23 (partimj aud 27. — Sciurus leu- 



Notes from the Leyclen ]Miiseuiii, ^'ol. IV. 



