288 HYRACIDJE. 



being much darker and slightly washed with black, and in the dark 

 colour of the hairs. 



H. Burtonii, which we receiyed from Mr. James Burton, with 

 specimens of Copra nubiana, is at once known from it by the rigid 

 harshness of the fur, as well as by the colour of the hairs. 



6. Hyrax siniaticus. 

 Fur rather long, soft, pale yellow -brown ; dorsal streak bright 

 yellow ; head and front slightly puntnlated with whitish ; chin, 

 throat, and underside of the 'body pale reddish grey. " Interparietal 

 bone small, pentagonal" (Ehr.). 



Hyrax syriacus vel siniaticus, Hemp. Sr Ehrenh. Symh. Phys. t. 2, 



lower front figure (not Schreber). 

 Coney (H. syriacus), Tristram, Nat. Hist. Bibh, p. 75 (not figured). 

 Uabr, Forsh. Fauna, p. 5. 

 Hyrax sinaiticus, Qray, Ann. Sr Mag. iV. H, ser. 4. i. p. 45. 



nab. Asia, Palestine {Tristram) : B. M. Arabia, Mount Sinai 

 {Ehrenherg). 



There is a young specimen in the British Museum, that was pur- 

 chased at a sale with Capra nubiana, which appears to belong to 

 this species ;■ it has the same long hair and fur, showing no sign of 

 the punctulation characteristic of the African species with a yellow 

 dorsal spot. 



Mr. Tristram gives a good account of the habits and manners of 

 this animal in his interesting ' Natural History of the Bible,' pub- 

 lished by the Christian-Knowledge Society. 



7. Hyrax ferrugineus. B.M. 



Fur soft, rather short, close, iron-grey, minutely punctulated with 

 black and white ; hinder part Of body and rump rusty brown ; hair 

 of the back short, blackish to the base, with short grey tips ; dorsal 

 spot small, pale yellow, hair of the spot light yellow above and 

 black at the lower half of its length ; chin, throat, and belly greyish 

 white, hairs sparse. 



Hab. Abyssinia {Jesse). 



Skull — length 3^; the crown with a broad flat space between 

 the temporal muscles ; teeth all developed. 



8. Hyrax irrorata. B.M. 



Fur soft, elongate, blackish, punctulated with grey ; hair of the 

 back long, blackish grey at the base, with a broad pale whitish ring, 

 a broad black subterminal ring, and a well-marked white tip ; chin, 

 throat, and belly white ; dorsal spot small, linear, pale yellow, hair 

 of the spot elongate, yellow-white to the base. 



Hab. Abyssinia {Jesse, " no. 1187 "). 



Skull with the back cut off. 



Var. luteogaster (B.M.). The chin, throat, and belly yellowish ; the 



