Mdnn/id/s ji uiii Somalilnnd. 07 



Iiitc'inuuHate between tlii.s cxtieine and the grizzled hiiiVy 

 of the Abyssinian ochraceus are two specimens from Northern 

 Somalihmd obtained by Alessrs. Atkinson and Peel. Al- 

 thou<;h intermediate, however, they seem to represent so 

 definite a stage in the process of reddening as themselves to 

 deserve a special subspecitic name. 



Ilerpestes ochraceus fulculior^ subsp. n. 



Fur grizzled as in true ochraceus, except along a median 

 area on the back about an inch in breadth, where it is nearly 

 or quite unannulated. Colour of the head, fore back, and 

 sides grizzled ochraceous, darker than in the typical f(jrm, of 

 the median dorsal area strong tawny ochraceous, in con- 

 tinuity with the tawny of the tail. Under surface bufly 

 whitish. Arms and legs externally like sides, internally like 

 belly ; upper surface of hands and feet pale ochraceous buff. 

 Tail rich tawny, darkening terminally, the tip, as usual, 

 black. 



Skull as in ochraceus. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the Hesli) : — 



Head and body 254 mm. ; tail '2i'2 ; hind foot i')2 ; ear 2'). 



Skull: basal length 54, 



I/ub. (of type). Maiideira, south of Berbcra. Alt. 3500 feet. 

 Anotiier specimen from Abori, near Eik, 5000 feet {0. V. A. 

 Peel). 



Type. Male. B.M. no. 97. 8. 9. 7. Collected 15th No- 

 vember, 1896, and presented by Dr. A. E. Atkinson. 



An additional specimen of this group, from Jifa Medir, not 

 far from Hargeisa (/?. M. Ilaicker), is intermediate between 

 ochraceus and fulvidior, and indicates that these different 

 forms should n^t be sej)arated specifically, as their striking 

 tiiffercnces in colour nii-ht temjjt one to do. 



]\lr. de ^^ intnn * had already referred to the Abori and 

 Jifa Medir specimens under the name of //. ochraceus, Gray, 

 which he rightly resuscitated as a distinct species from 

 JI. gracilis, Ixiipp. 



(5. llelojide Alkinsoni, Thos. 

 (?. UG. Waianduh. 



7. lltlugale hirtula, sp. n. 



$ . 145. Gabridehari, GO miles west of Gerlogobi, 7tli 

 March, 1904. Ti/pe. 

 • Anu. & Mag. Xat. Hist. (7) i. p. .'17 (1598), aud 1'. Z. S. ldO:J, 



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