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colour of the fur. In one specimen (No, 17) this is almost pure 
white except on the face, hands, and feet. The spines are shorter 
and more slender, whilst both the short and long hair of the under- 
parts is much secantier. 
The following measurements (in millims.) were taken in the 
flesh :— 
Head Tail. Hind Ear. Basal length 
and body. foot. of skull. 
(oa) (Gyre) eeeeee 208 29 AQ) 29 51-5 
INCRE AN (COD) SMe tans eee sits 34 37 28°5 A8 
Ione), sate ee NG aye BS OE 5 BOE 
The skull differs from that of 1. e. italicus, and resembles that of 
EL. 2. roumanicus Barr.-Ham.* in having the frontal processes of 
the premaxille squared posteriorly, and further these only extend 
backward for less than half the length of the nasals. 
Jn Crete, Hedgehogs are common in the low country, but were 
not met with in the hills. In captivity they will eat oats freely 
as well as a more natural diet of eggs ce. 
6. FELIS OCREATAYT AGRIUS, subsp. n. 
This species is the chief exception to the general European 
appearance of the mammalian fauna of the island, being unmis- 
takably African in type and belonging to the Felis ocreata group. 
The two specimens obtained were bought, at different times, in 
the bazaar at Khania, and therefore are unaccompanied by any 
measurements taken in the flesh, though they appear to have 
been large and robust. In one of these, No. 35, the type, which 
is in summer coat, the average length of fur on the back is about 
32 mm., while in the other, No. 36, evidently a winter specimen, 
the fur is much thicker and longer, averaging 45 mm. in length 
on the back, and there is at the same time a corresponding 
difference in the intensity of the markings of the dorsal region. 
The Cretan race may be distinguished from specimens froni 
Abyssinia, the type locality, and Egypt, by their much more 
distinctly marked stripes, both longitudinal and transverse, and 
by the greater number of rings, or half-rings, on the tail, which 
is short. As Mr. de Winton has mentioned$, these markings of 
the dorsal region are more distinct in short-coated specimens ; 
and on comparing them it is found that even the /ong-haired 
Cretan skin is more strongly marked than short-haired ones from 
Abyssinia and Egypt in the British Museum collection, The 
same holds good in the case of a short-haired specimen from 
Machakos (B.M. 92.12.3.2.), which otherwise somewhat closely 
resembles the skin in winter pelage from Crete. It may also 
be mentioned that some specimens from Abyssinia show a 
* Op. cit. p. 365. 
+ For use of this specific name see Mr. H. Schwann, “On Felis ocreata and its 
Subspecies,’ Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. xi. June 1904, pp. 421-2. 
From @ypeus, a hunter. 
Zoology of Egypt (Anderson), London, 1902, p. 173. 
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