A NEW ARABIAN HARE, 29 
This desert hare is readily distinguishable from omanensis by its 
mucn paler colour, white rimmed eyes, concolor ears, paler nape 
patch and white belly. It will probably be found to be widely 
distributed over the sandy parts of Eastern Arabia, while true 
omanensis is likely to be restricted to the neighbourhood of Muscat, 
where different colour conditions would prevail. 
Major Cheesman gives the following note on the capture of the 
hare, ‘‘ From Ojair to Salwa hares were most plentiful; we saw 
six and one of the- men shot one with his rifle—some shot— We 
tried for the others, but they were always gone too far before 
you could get your gun out of the saddle bag,—and shooting 
from a moving camel is not easy.” 
