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those of the European Hare. It was found most 

 commonly on open ground with low scattered bushes, 

 at from 7,000 to 9,000 feet above the sea. I believe 

 that the few hares seen in the Anseba valley, at 4,000 

 to 5,000 feet elevation, belonged to this species ; but I 

 am not certain. They may possibly have been L. habes- 

 sinicus, which, in that case, may inhabit the sub-tropical 

 region, and L. tigrensis be confined to the temperate. 



28. Sciurus annulatus, Desm. 



Mammalogie, p. 338. — Gray, Ann, and Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 3, vol. 



XX. p. 329. 

 Sc. multicolor, Eiipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 38, t. 13.— Brehm, Habesch. 



p. 62. 



I have considered S. multicolor as identical with S. 

 annulatus on Dr. Gray's authority, as I have not myself 

 been able to examine a sufficiently full series. 



I only met with this Squirrel in the thickets on the 

 banks of the Anseba, where it was not very rare in the 

 lofty trees. It is a quiet little animal, less lively than 

 most squirrels. 



29. Xerus rutilus, Eupp. 



Sciurus rutilus, Eiipp. Atlas, t. 24. 

 S. xerus brachyotus, Hemp, and Ehr., Symb. Phys., t. ix. 

 Xerus rutilans. Gray, Aim. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 3, vol. ix. 

 p. 332. 



This Ground-Squirrel, which is figured of much too 

 rufous a colour by Kuppell, is not rare in the lower 

 portions of the passes leading to the highlands. I saw 

 it also in rocky places close to the shore of Annesley 

 Bay. Frequently five or six are seen together keepilig 



