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Skull and teeth. — No perfect skull has been seen, but there 

 are apparently no special cranial peculiarities. Teeth 

 essentially as in C. riissula. 



Measurements. — Type : head and body 67 ram. ; tail 48 ; 

 hind foot 12*4; ear 10 ; skull, from front of inci-sor to back 

 of glenoid fossa 11*6; .mandible (including incisor) 11*6; 

 upper tooth-row 8. 



Specimens examined. — Two, the type, and a skin from La 

 Foce de Vizzavora, presented by Col. J. W. Yerbury. 



Crocidura halearica, sp. n. 

 1901. Croddura russula, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, i, p. 39. 



Type. — Adult female (skin and skull). B.M. no. 0. 7. 1. 42. 

 Collected at San Cristobal, Minorca, Balearic Islands, 

 April 7, 1900, by Old field Thomas and R. 1. Pocock. 

 Original number 2(i3. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Crocidura cj/rnensis, but teeth much 

 smaller. 



Colour. — Type: above hair-brown tinged with sepia, the 

 hairs nearly without metallic reflections ; below dull smoke- 

 grey. Feet and tail a dull, indefinite brownish, the tail 

 scarcely lighter below. 



Skull and teeth. — Except for the smaller teeth there appear 

 to be no cranial or dental peculiarities to distinguish the 

 species from C. cyrnensis. 



Aleasurenients. — Type: head and body 42 mm.; fail 45; 

 hind foot 12'5 ; ear 9 ; distance from front of upper incisor 

 to back of second molar 7*4. 



Specimens examined. — Three, all from the type locality. 



liemarks. — This species, C. cyrnensis, C. caudata, and C. cy- 

 prioi (Bate) form a group, of which no continental member 

 is yet ktiown, characterized, as compared with C. russula, 

 C. leucodon, and C. mimula, by the noticeable elongation of 

 the tail. 



Vulpes ichnusoif sp. n. 



Type. — Adult male (skin and skull). B.M. no. 88. 12. 1. 2. 

 Collected at Sarrabus, Sardinia, February 26, 1885, by 

 G. H. 'T ravers, and presented by the Marquis G. Doria. 



Diagnosis. — Size less than in any of the known continental 

 members of the Vulpes vulpes grouj) ; both hind foot and 

 condylo-basal length of skull less than \?>0 mm. in adult male, 

 ear from crown only 60-70 mm., colour rather dark. 



Colour. — Face and head dark rufous, becoming lighter and 

 more dull on base of ears and on neck, antl tadin<>- to 



