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19. GrBBBiLLUS (Tateba) phillipsi de Wint. 



? . Jefa Medir, 5000 ft., 31 Dec. 

 $ . Jefa Medir, 5000 ft., 9 Jau. 



5 . Ujawaji, 5000 ft., 25 Jan. 



This Gerbille was described b}' the present writer (Ann. & Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. i. 1898, p. 253). 



20. Aevtcanthis NEUiiAisTsri Matschie. 



2 . Harragagora, 3500 ft., 16 Nov., 1897. 



21. Tachtoetctes splekdess Eiipp. 



a-y. ? 2 2 . Ujawaji, 14 December, 1897. 



g. 2. „ „ (in ale). 



" I saw the workings of this animal only on the open plains 

 west of Ujawaji, where there had recently been some rain and the 

 grass was green. The only way to get them was to clear away the 

 mounds and open the hole and shoot the animal when it tried to 

 close the hole. It almost invariably pnshed some earth up to the 

 mouth of the hole ^ith its nose and then returned and shoved up 

 more until the hole was closed. They feed on the roots of the 

 grass. The Somali name is ' Frumfurt.' " (R. M. H.) 



22. Dipus JACULUS L. 



6 . Arabsiyo, 4000 ft., 28 Nov., 1897. 



" I found this specimen dead and rather decomposed, so it was 

 difficult to make a good skin of it. The Somalis had told me of a 

 wonderful animal they call a ' tik,' which had only one leg. 

 When I showed them this animal they said it was a tik, but said 

 nothing about its having two legs." {R. M. H.) 



This is the first record of a Jerboa being found in Somaliland ; 

 the present specimen is not adult, but it does not seem to differ 

 from the Egyptian species. 



23. Pectin ATOB spekei Blyth. 



S . Mandeira, 3000 ft., 8 Nov., 1897. 



" I saw this animal only in two places, once near Mandeira, and 

 again near Eil Anod. They were in colonies, and lived among the 

 rocks and were very tame. I had very little opportunity to observe 

 them, as I was mai-ching at the time." {R. M. U.) 



The present specimen is by far the most perfect that has yet 

 reached the Museum. It appears that the skin of this animal is 

 peculiarly " tender," so much so that it is exceedingly diflBcult to 

 prevent it being torn in the process of removing the fatty matter. 



24. Peocavia beucei somalica Thos. 



a. 2 • Aractais, 3000 ft., 12 Nov., 1897. 



|8. JifaUri, 5000 ft., 19 Dec, 1897. 



" This animal was very numerous on Jifa Uri, Jifa Medir, and 

 on all the isolated masses of rocks near them. They usually 

 basked on the sunny sides of the rocks in the morning and evening. 

 and were very tame then. They are exceedingly active in climbing 



