52 MAMMALIA. 



/•g. 2 Skins $ Zoulla, Annesley Bay, W. T. Blanford. 



Abyssinia 



h. Ale. $ Gulistan, Afghanistan J. A. Murray. 



j. Ale. ? Muskaff, Baluchistan J. A. Murray. 



Gerbillus gleadowi. 



Gerbillus gleadowi, Murray Ann. Mag. N. H. (5) xvii, p. 246 (1886). 



Distrihtition, — Sind and Rajputana. 



The first examples of this species were collected in the Rohri 

 District of Upper Sind ; the species appears to be closely allied to 

 G. nanus from which it differs chiefly in having hairy instead of 

 naked palms and soles. 



a-h. 2 Ale. Rajputana N. Belletty. 



Gerbillus swinhoei. 



Gerbillus swinhoei, Scully Ann. Mag. N. H. (5) viii, p. 228 (1881). 



Distribution. — Afghanistan, between Kandahar and the Khojak 

 Pass. 



This species resembles G. nanus of Blanford ; it seems however 

 to be distinguished by its tail, which is much shorter, 3*1 inch, 

 instead of 4*5 as in G. nanus, and by possessing a black pencil 

 which is not present in the other species. 



[No specimens in the Museum.] 



Gerbillus pyramidarum. 



Dipus pyramidarum, Et. Geoff. St. Hil. Cat. Mamm. Mus. Paris, p. 202 



(1803)*. 

 Gerbillus pyramidarum, F. Cuvier Trans. Zool. Soc, ii, p. 141, pi, xxv, fig. 



6-9 (1841) ; Lataste Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux (4) ix, p. 260. 



Distribution. — Egypt. 



a. Ale, skull ? Heluan, Egypt Purchased. 



b. Ale. juv. „ „ Purchased. 



Gerbillus obesus. 



Psammomys obesus, Cretzschmar, RUppell's Atlas, p. 58, pis. xxii, xxiii, 



(1826) ; Blyth Cat. no. 355, p. ill. 

 Gerbillus robustus, Loche Cat. Mamm. Ois. Alg., sp. 57 (1858)*. 

 Gerbillus savii, Loche Expl. so. de VAlg. Mamm., sp. 62 (1867)*. 

 Gerbillus elegans, Heuglin Reise N. O. Afrika, ii, p. 80(1877)*. 

 Psammomys rouderei, Lataste, Le Nat., p. 49a (i88i). 

 Meriones obesus, Lataste Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux {Ji) ix, p. 269 (1885), 



Distribution. — North Africa, from Algeria to Egypt and possibly 

 southwards to Senaar and Senegal. 



a, Stuffed Egypt E. Ruppell, A.S.B. 



