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jackal {Canis variegatus, Eiipp.), the hare, apparently 

 an undescribed species/ and the striped ground-squirrel 

 (Xerus leuco-umbrinus). The latter 1 subsequently met 

 with in the Anseba valley, but it does not appear in 

 the passes below Senaf^ at a lower level than about 

 6,000 feet. 



I obtained a good series of the birds. Of the Raptores, 

 falcons were scarce, with the exception of the kestrel ; 

 of eagles, Aquila rapax, closely allied, both in appear- 

 ance and habits, to the " wokab " of India, was abundant, 

 and the noble " Bateleur " {Helotarsus ecaudatus) was 

 occasionally seen soaring at a great height, its long 

 pointed wings, pure white beneath, contrasting with its 

 black body. The beautiful white-breasted buzzard {Buteo 

 augur) was far from rare. Around the camp kites 

 {Milvus migrans and M. cBgyptius) and vultures {Gyps 

 Ruppelli) abounded, and the Abyssinian lammergeyer 

 {Gypaetos meridionalis) was perpetually hovering or 

 sweeping with his powerful fiighfc around the rocks. 

 Although much inferior in size to the lammergeyer of 

 the Alps {G. barbatus), being two feet less in the extent 

 of the wings, he is a noble fellow, the rich orange under- 

 parts and white heads of the older birds rendering them 

 no less conspicuous than their size. Around the camps, 

 not only at Senaf^, but in many other places, they were 

 very numerous, and by no means timid. Several were 

 shot on the ground. Indeed, the difference from a 

 country like Western Europe, where aU wild animals are 

 relentlessly persecuted, to one of those favoured regions 



' L. tigrmsis, sp. nov. See the description hereafter. 



