the Common lleJyehog. 3fi3 



Skull. 



Broad th 

 lliiid and lliiid Hasal at 



body. Tail. foot. Ear K-n^th. zygoma. 

 cT, Cardiff, Wales, 2Gth May, 



1809 (7e. /)/•««<•) .'. 203 20 43 22 63 36 



cT, Innerwick.Haddinfrtoiishire, 



Scotland, 8th April, 1899 



( W. Eagle Clarke). Tvpo of 



Bubspecie.H. (Maiiini;e 8.) 



The skull is the largest I 



have seen 218 17 42 28 57 84 



No. 93. 10. 30. 2. S , Ennis, 



Co. Clare, Ireland, 2lst Sept., 



1893 (J. IJ'. 6co«) 252 30 40 



2 juv., llardinirton, Gluueester- 



ehire (7^ Hooper), loth Nov., 



1894 179 2:5 .;.") 2l damaged. 



Dif-tribution. The British Isles and probably parts of median 

 Western Europe. 



Since all the British skulls can be distinguished from those 

 of continental hedgehogs, I have no alternative but to separate 

 the Western hedgehogs. 



(2) Erinaceus europccus t^picus, Linnaeus, Sjst. Nat. 

 ed. X. p. 52 (1766). 



Type locaUty Upsala, Sweden. 



Distinguishiii'i characteristics. In size and colour similar 

 to E. e. occidetitalis, but the skull may be distinguished by 

 the frontal processes of the preraaxillse, which, although 

 extending backward half the length of the nasals, end in a 

 sharply defined point. 



A specimen (no. 93. 3. 1. 7) from Aker Island, Riras Island, 

 Norway (62° N. lat ), 28th May, 1890, has the dimensions of 

 the skull 55*5 x 36. A skull from Switzerland is also of this 

 fornu 



Distribution. Scandinavia and central continental Europe. 

 Most German animals which I have seen are intermediate in 

 their characters, and their exact identification must await the 

 arrival of Eastern European specimens. 



(3) Erinaceus europceus hispunicus, sub.sp. n. 



I'l/pe No. 95. 3. 3. 2 (nnsexed) of the British Museum 

 collection, from Seville, Spain (for particulars see below). 



Distiiujuishitig characteristics. General size perhaps a little 

 smaller than that ot E. e. ti/picus and feet and legs more 

 slender. Coloration markedly paler, being almost white in 

 the extreme form. The bristles in many cases lack the black 



