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Mil. J. LEWIS BONHOTE ON A SMALL 



[Nov. 9, 



Crocidura (Crociclura) olivieri (Less.). 



Sorex olivieri Lesson, Man. Mamm. p. 121 (1827). 



Crocichira olivieri (Less.), de Wint. in Anders. Zool. Egypt, 

 Mamm. p. 166 (1902). 



I brought back two specimens from Giza, collected by Mr. M. 

 J. Nicoll. The male is slightly greyer in colour than the female. 

 The dimensions (in the flesh) were as follows : — 



S. 22. 9.08. Headandbody 107 mm., tail69, hindft. 21,earl0. 

 $.12.12.06. „ 110 mm., tail 65, hindft. 16, ear 4. 



Crocidura (Crocidura) religiosa Is. Geoffr. 



Sorex religiosa Is. GeofFi-. Mem. Mus. xv. p. 128, pi. iv. fig. 1 

 (1827). 



Crocidura religiosus (Is. Geofl[r.), de Wint. in Anders. Zool. Egypt, 

 Mamm. p. 168 (1902). 



Through the kindness of Capt. Flower I was able to bring back 

 a spirit specimen of this rare and little known species, which had 

 been taken alive at Giza. 



Felis chaus nilotica de Wint. 



Felis chaus nilotica de Wint. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, 

 vol. ii. p. 292 (1898) ; id. in Anders. Zool. Egypt, Mamm. p. 176 

 (1902). 



The Wild Cat is by no means uncommon at Giza and in the 

 coiu'se of the year does considerable damage to the animals and 

 birds in the Gardens. During my stay one killed a nearly full- 

 grown sheep, and after dragging it to the edge of the enclosure, 

 devoured a whole fore-quarter. Capt. Flower gave me the 

 following notes as to their weight. The heaviest known was 

 procured at Benha and weighed 21 pounds. On this estate, where 

 many are destroyed every year, the average weight is said to be 

 16 pounds. An old male caught in the Gardens during my stay 

 weighed 1 7*6 poiuids. The measurements of this sjDCcimen were : — 

 Head and body 725 mm., tail 280, hind-foot 178, ear 70. 



The following are skull measurements of this example and of 

 two others. 



