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males from Siena, Italy : head and body, 210 and 220 ; * tail, 30 

 and 28 ; * hind foot, 40 and 42.* Two adult females from the 

 same locality : head and body, 200 and 208 ; tail, — and 32 ; 

 hind foot, 43 and 38. For cranial measurements see Table, 

 p. 125. 



Specimens examined.— Seventeen, from the following localities : — 

 Switzebland: Bigorio, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.); Curoggio, Tieino, 1 

 (U.S.N.M.) ; Gentilino, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.). 



Italy : Empoli, Florence, 1 ; Siena, 4 ; Ostia, Borne, 1 ; Borne, 4. 

 Sardinia : Su Cramu, 1 ; Bare, 1 ; Marusei, 1 ; Trecorgia, 1. 



Remarks. — Though not so pale as the Spanish race the Italian 

 hedgehog seems worthy of recognition as a form distinct from 

 true europseus. Its status is at present unsatisfactory, owing to 

 the lack of sufficient material ; but specimens from south of the 

 Alps seem never to attain the large size of Central European 

 adults. The Sardinian specimens that I have seen are in general 

 paler than those from the mainland ; but here again the material 

 is insufficient. A hedgehog is known to occur in Corsica, but 

 no specimens have yet been compared with the Italian race. 



¥. Empoli, Florence, Italy. A. H. Savage Landor 97.3.7.1. 



(c & p). 

 2 6, 2 ?. Siena. (S. Brogi.) Dr. E. Hamilton (p). 98. 10. 2. 5-8. 



(Type of subspecies 98. 10. 2. 5.) 

 1. Ostia, Borne. Dr.L. Sambon(c&p). 1. 1. 2. 7. 



3 i. Borne. (C. Coli.) G. Barrett-Hamilton 11. 1. 2. 3-4. 96. 



(*)■ 

 £. Su Gramu, Sardinia. (W. O. Thomas (p). 0. 12. 3. 5. 



Wolterstorff.) 

 t. Bare. (W. Wolterstorff.) O. Thomas (p). 0. 12. 3. 3. 



9. Marusei. (W. Wolterstorff.) O. Thomas (p). 0. 12. 3. 6. 



? juv. Trecorgia. (W. Wolterstorff.) O. Thomas (p). 0.12.3.4. 



Erinaceus europseus consolei Barrett-Hamilton. 



1900. Erinaceus europseus consolei Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., 7th ser., v, p. 366, April, 1900. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Erinaceus europseus consolei Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, 



p. 40. 



Type locality. — Palermo, Sicily. 



Geographical distribution. — Sicily. 



Diagnosis. — Size apparently as in JS. europseus italicus (only 

 known specimen imperfect) ; colour differing from that of 

 italicus in the uniform dusky brown head and shoulders ; quills 

 unusually robust, their dark and light markings strikingly con- 

 trasted. 



Colour. — Whole head and sides of neck and shoulders a 

 uniform dark brown between hair-brown and sepia, sprinkled 

 with buffy grey hairs. The dark brown continues back along 



* Type. 



