938 FENNEC OF BRUCE. 
since Mr Sparrmann recognized Bruce’s Fennec, and 
named it Zerda, which is since proved to be the 
name in Nubia. It is scarcely necessary to observe, 
that Mr Bruce must have had some confusion in 
his notes, when he asserted that his Fennec climbed 
trees. They burrow, like the former, in the sand. 
There may still be reason to doubt, whether the 
Zerda is Mr Bruce’s species; because, according to 
his description, the Fennec was only ten inches 
long, and the tail five and a-half inches ; the pupils 
of the eyes were round and black, the colour of the 
iris blue; it was, in general, a nocturnal animal, 
vet watched birds with uncommon vigilance. The 
molars were but four on each side, above and below ; 
and there were only four toes on the feet, both be- 
fore and behind. All the dimensions were therefore 
smaller, and the teeth and toes fewer, which per- 
haps indicates a very young animal when his notes 
were taken, or he encountered difficulty when the 
animal was to be examined. Major Denham’s 
Fenecus cerdo was, however, only nine and a-half 
inches long; the tail six inches; the ears three 
inches long and two in breadth. The general 
colour was white, slightly tinged with yellow; 
above, from head to tail, rufous-brown, delicately 
pencilled with fine black lines, caused by thinly 
scattered hairs tipped with black; the exterior of 
the thighs light rufous-brown; a small rufous 
spot beneath the eyes; ears long, erected, pointed 
externally, covered with pale rufous-brown hair ; 
internally with a border of greyish-white, and the 
