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

 are apparently no special cranial peculiarities. Teeth 

 essentially as in C. russiila. 



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

 hind foot 12*4; ear 10 ; skull, from front of incisor 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 Vizzavoraj presented by Col. J. W. Yerbury. 



Crocidura baleari'ca, sp. n. 

 1901. Crocidura russulu, Thomas, Proo. Zool. Soc. London, i. p. 39. 



Ti/jDe.—Adnh 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 203. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Crocidura cp'nensis, but teeth much 

 smaller. 



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

 hairs nearly witliout 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. cymensis. 



Measurements. — Type: head and body 42 mm.; tail 45; 

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

 to back of second molar 7*4. 



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



Bemarks. — This species, C. cymensis^ C. caudata, and C. cy- 

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

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

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

 the tail. 



Vulpes ichnuso}) sp. n. 



. 2^^pg._Adult male (skin and skull) . B.M. no. 88. 12. 1. 2. 

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

 G. B. Travers, and presented by the Marquis G. Doria. 



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

 members of the Vulpes vulpes group ; both hind foot and 

 condylo-basal length of skull less than 130 ram. 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, and lading to 



