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habessinicus of Hemprich and Ehrenberg. It does not, 

 however, agree with the description in the " Symbolse 

 Physicse ; " and the type specimen in the Berlin Museum, 

 which I have examined in order to decide the question, 

 is certainly a different animal, similar in size, but with 

 small ears instead of unusually large ones, these being 

 only 3f in. long in the stuffed skin. 



The following is a brief description of the type spe- 

 cimen of L. habessinicus : — The colour grey, mottled with 

 dusky, as usual, especially on the back ; nape pale rufous, 

 albescent behind the ears ; white marks at side of face 

 indistinct. General size and build similar to L. cegyptius, 

 or, perhaps, a little larger. It approaches stOl more 

 closely to the specimen of L. sinaiticus, H, and E. 



The following are a few dimensions: — 



in. 



Length of face from between ears and nose measured 



over curve of the head 4 



Base of ear in front to nose, in a direct line 3J 



Length of forearm (radius) and carpus from elbow-joint to 



end of toe 5 



„ tibia 4J 



„ tarsus from tarsal point to point of toe ... 4J 



„ ears, as above 3f 



The following are dimensions of three specimens of 

 Lepus cegyptius shot near ZuUa, taken from the animals 

 before skinning : — 



1. 2. Male. 3. Female, 



ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. 



Length of face, from nose to between ears 4 4 3 j 

 „ from between ears to top of 



shoulder -..03 3^ 4^ 



„ from top of shoulder to rump .10 10 12 



„ of tail, to end of hairs ... 3^ 03^ — 



1 lOj 1 10} 



