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ceros killed, that of which the skeleton is in the 

 British Museum : — 



ft. in. 

 Length of head from snout to between the ears ... 2 8 

 „ neck and body from between ears to inser- 

 tion of tail 7 Ij 



tail 19^ 



Total length from nose to end of tail, measured along 



the curre of the back 11 7 



Length of body measured along side from shoulder to 



rump 6 9 



Height at shoulder 4 8J 



I am indebted to Mr. Jesse for these measurements. 

 I had, unfortunately, no tape with me when we killed 

 the animal, and Mr. Jesse took them from the carcase 

 next morning. 



14. Hyrax abyssinicus. Hemp, and Ehr. 



H. hahessinicus, Hemp, and Ehr., Symb. Phys., t. ii., smaller 

 specimen in lower figure (nee Euhyrax abyssinicus, Gray, Ann. 

 and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. i. p. 47). 



The synonymy of the North African Hyraces is en- 

 veloped in the direst confusion. Dr. Gray recently 

 attempted to clear this xip in a paper published in the 

 AnTiah and Magazine of Natural History for 1868, 

 Ser. 4, vol. i. p. 35, and subsequently reprinted in the 

 British Museum Catalogue of " Carnivorous, &c.. Mam- 

 malia," p. 279 ; but in consequence of not having had 

 access to the types described by previous authors, he has 

 in some instances mistaken other forms for them. The 

 excessive variation to which the common Abyssinian 



