MAMMALIA. 275 



1. 2. Male. 3. Female, 



ft. in. ft in. ft in. 



Length of body measured in a direct line 

 along the side from front of shoolder 



to rump 11 11 \ Z\ 



Height at shoulder — 10 11| 



Depth of body behind shoulder , , . 4J 



Girth of chest behind shoulder .... — 09 9| 



„ neck 6 — 7^ 



Length of forearm (radius), from elbow 



to carpal joint 4^ 



Length of carpus to point of toe . . . 2J 



of middle fore-toe 1 J 



of thigh (tibia) 5J 



of tarsus to point of toe ... 4^ 



of middle hind-toe 1^ 



of ear 6f 



Breadth of ear in the middle when laid flat 3 J 



If tliis species be not Lepus CBgyptius, it "will have to 

 be named ; but I can see no difference whatever, after 

 examining several specimens. It abounds amongst the 

 bushes on the shore plain about Annesley Bay, and is 

 less common near Massowa. 



Another closely allied species, with paler fur, pro- 

 bably a variety inhabiting a more desert, sandy country, 

 is L. isabellinus, Eiipp., which is identical with L. ceihi- 

 opicus of Hemprich and Ehrenberg. 



27. L. tigrensis, W. Blanf. 



Arm. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1869, p. 330. 

 L. ahyssinicus, Lefebvre, Atlas, pi. 5, fig. 1. 



L. persimiKs, L. saxatili, sed rrvinor, catida breviori, planta/rvm, pilis 

 ferruginde, haud umbrmis. 



Fur above, grey, mottled with black, the hairs grey 

 or pale isabelline at the base, then for a short distance 



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