280 MESSRS. DANFORD AND ALSTON ON [Mar. 20, 
and passing into fawn-colour on the flanks; behind each ear an oval 
patch of pure fawn. Snout, lips, lower cheeks, underparts, and 
feet pure white, the line of demarcation well marked, and the dark 
colour of the outer side of the limbs not reaching to the carpal and 
tarsal joints. Whiskers mixed black and white; tail distinctly bi- 
coloured, dusky above, white below. All the fur dusky at base. 
Measurements of two adult males (in spirits) :— 
inches. inches. 
Length of head and body ...... 4°75 4°45 
, Car) Rite A “60 “60 
A longest whiskers .... 2°00 1°70 
2 eth SS Be 5:05 4°30 
33 hind foote S35 2 woe E00 1:00 
This Mouse, which we believe to be undescribed, differs from the 
last species in its shorter naked ears, much larger size, and different 
coloration. In the latter respect it approaches M. albipes, Riipp., 
of Abyssinia’, from which, however, it is at once separated by the 
differences of its size and proportions. It was common at Zebil, in 
the Bulgar Dagh, on the rocky bushy hill-sides, at an elevation of 
3000-4000 feet. Three specimens preserved are all adult males, and 
do not differ from one another except in the proportional iength 
of their tails. 5 
Ainsworth says, “The Mouse observed at Bir was an undescribed 
species ;”’ possibly it may have been the present one. 
33. CrRICETUS FRUMENTARIUS, Pall. 
Herr Kotschy states (tom. cit. p. 234) that when he visited the 
river Cydnus the inhabitants complained of the damage done that 
year to their grapes by Bears and Hamsters, and that a specimen of 
the latter which he obtained was identified at Vienna with the 
European species. It is also included in Ainsworth’s list under the 
name of C. vulgaris; but the only Hamster met with by Danford 
belonged to the next species. 
34. *CRICETUS NIGRICANS, Brandt. 
One of these curious little animals was brought to Danford by his 
retriever, who was evidently much puzzled as to what he had got 
hold of. Its eheek-pouches were closely stuffed with some green 
clover-like food. The locality where it was found was between the 
villages of Buroon-kysla and Jazli-tash, about the centre of the long 
stretch of undulating steppe country, covered with dried .grass and 
stones, which lies to the north of Kaisariyeh. The measurements 
of this example (a female, in spirits) are :— 
inches. 
Length of head and body.......... 6°25 
ip ES DR aS i a 1 
E (rip RS 8 ea ee *50 
a Irptavs Fa Catel he eee eee ee ‘70 
1 Mus, Senckenb. iii. p. 107. 
