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Hairs everywhere slaty at base, this colour appearing irregularly 

 at surface on sides and underparts. Feet whitish, distinctly 

 tinged with brown. Ear like dorsal red area. Tail sharply 

 bicolor, dark brown above, soiled white below. 



Skull and teeth. — Skull small, nearly the minimum for the 

 species (see Table of measurements, p. 650) ; auditory bullse not 

 abruptly inflated on inner side, a character scarcely appreciable, 

 however, except on comparison with E. glareolus istericus. Third 

 upper molar with third inner re-entrant angle present in about 

 one-half the specimens examined (see p. 631). 



Measurements. — External measurements of adult male and 

 nearly adult female from Nystad, Lolland, Denmark : head and 

 body, 102 and 96; tail, 51 and 47; hind foot, 17-6 and 17-6. 

 Adult male from Hillerod, Zealand, Denmark : head and 

 body, 98; tail, 44; hind foot, 16 • 5 ; ear from meatus, 13-5. 

 Average and extremes of ten adults from Brunswick, Germany : 

 head and body, 102-5 (98-111) ; tail, 47-3 (40-54) ; hind foot, 

 17-1 (16 -6-17 '6). Two adult males from Mauseklippe, Harz 

 Mts., Germany: head and body, 108 and 102 ; tail, 45 and 52 ; 

 hind foot, 16 ■ 6 and 17. Adult male and female from Guines, 

 Pas-de-Calais, France : head and body, 101 and 97 ; tail, 57 

 and 59; hind foot, 17 • 5 and 18-5. Two adult males from 

 Barbizon, Seine-et-Marne, Prance : head and body, 103 and 108 ; 

 tail, 54 and 47 ; hind foot, 17-6 and 17' 8. For cranial 

 measurements see Table, p. 650. 



Specimens examined. — One hundred and eighty-six, from the following 

 localities : — 



Denmark: Hillerod, Zealand, 7; Nystad, Lolland, 7 (U.S.N.M.) ; 

 Odense, Pyn, 2. 



Holland: Oosterbeek, Guelderland, 1; near Leiden, 2 (U.S.N.M.). 



Belgium: Waremme, Liege, 28 (U.S.N.M.); Maredsous, Liege, 15; no 

 exact locality, 1. 



Fbance : Guines, Pas-de-Calais, 2 ; Pont de Briques, Pas-de-Calais, 5 ; 

 Dinan, Cotea-du-Nord, 4 ; Barbizon, Seine-et-Marne, 9 ; Mont-Dore, Puy- 

 de-D6me, 3; Lignieres-Sonneville, Charente, 16 (Mottaz) ; Cadillac, 

 Gironde, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Poret de Bouconne, Gers, 1 ; Lyons, Rhone, 1. 



Germany : Brunswick, 44 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.) ; Bahrenberg, Harz 

 Mts., 2 (U.S.N.M.); Mauseklippe, Bodethal, Harz Mts., 6 (U.S.N.M.) 

 Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, 6; Strassburg, 4; near Magdeburg, Saxony, 5 

 Tharandt, Saxony, 1 ; Saxony, no exact locality, 1 ; Niesky, Silesia, 6 

 Gross Hennersdorf, Silesia, 2; Wolfshau, Silesia, 4 (U.S.N.M.). 



Atjstbia-Hungaby : Haida, Arva, Bohemia, 1 (not typical). 



2 S, 5 9. Hillerod, Zealand, Den- O. Thomas (c & p). 98. 6. 7. 13-19. 

 mark. 



1 st. Odense, Pyn. Prof. Sundeval (p). 49. 11. 1. 5. 



9. Oosterbeek, Guelderland, O. Thomas (c & p). 98. 2. 1. 15. 

 Holland. 



4 6, 4 9. Maredsous, Liege, Bel- Eev. L. Warnau (e). 8. 10. 18. 1-8. 

 gium. 



1. Belgium. E. de Selys Long- 45. 7. 58. 



champs (p). 



i, ?. Guines, Pas - de - Calais, O. Thomas (c & p). 94. 6. 6. 16-17. 



Prance. 



S, 4 9. Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. O. Thomas (c & p). 98. 1. 9. 16-20. 



