EGYPTIAN JERBOA. 
first joint, so that they appear like birds legs of 
the wading kind. It's progression is by hop- 
ping, which it can do very quick, three or four 
feet at once. I'he tail is long, and of the co- 
lour of the back ; except towards the end^ 
where it becomes black and bushy, the very 
tip being white. It never touches the ground 
,with it's fore feet, but holds it's food in them 
like a squirrel. It is said to have but one 
Tent, as in birds ; but this," says Edwards, 
I cannot affirm, as I could not conveniently 
handle the living animal, which would bite 
when held fast. It seems to be a very harm- 
less creature; and feeds much in the same 
manner that rabbits and hares do, eating corn 
and herbs of many sorts. It is more strong, 
and keeps closer to it's hutch in the day-time, 
than in the dusk of the evening; when it ven- 
tures forth, and hops more familiarly, and with 
less fear, about the room where it is kept: this 
inclines me to believe that it is naturallv a 
nocturnal animal." 
Pennant says, of tliis animal, that it is as 
singular in it's motions as in it's form ; always 
Stands on it's hind-feet, the fore feet perform- 
ing 
