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Ochre-footed Scrub Squirrel (Schinis ganana). 
Webbi Ganana. 
‘ Above, uniform tawny ochre, faintly grizzled with black. Below, tawny 
white. Upper tail coloured like back, lower tail with broad mesial stripe 
of clear rusty ochre.’ — Khoads. 
The Brig’ht Red Gerbil (GerUllus mberrimus). 
Caught at Bally Maroli (5,000 feet), a little west of Eik. 
Kich fawn-coloured back ; belly white. Length 2| inches. Very long tail. 
The Dust-coloured Gerbil {Gerbillus pulmnatus). 
‘ Soles and toes of fore and hind feet cushioned throughout with hairs, like 
those of the upper surfaces of the feet. Colour above, from nose to tail, 
fawn, sparingly lined with black-tipped hairs ; much blacker across rump 
and thighs ; upper tail fawn, becoming blackish-brown toward pencillate 
tip, the underside white almost to tip ; all lower parts and feet white ; 
head and body 99, tail 135, hind-foot 26'5 inches.’ — Khoads. 
The Unwarlike Gerbil (Gerbilhis imbellis), sp. n. 
Discovered by the author at Goodar (4,500 feet). 
Mr. W. E. de Winton says of this animal {Annals and Magazine of Natural 
History, ser. 7, vol. i., March, 1898) : ‘ Size medium; colour rich dark 
fawn, most of the hairs on the back tipped with black, sides purer ; bases 
of the hairs on the back and the top of the head slate-coloured ; all the 
underparts pure white ; on the eyebrows, cheeks, and front of fore-legs, 
the white hairs are tipped with fawn ; the white spots at the base of the 
ears and above the eyes distinct ; tail darker above than below ; rather 
sparingly haired ; feet not very thickly covered with white hairs ; nails 
darkish horn-colour ; soles, toes, and pads very pale, closely covered with 
very conspicuous scale-like granulations ; the toes have a few stiff white 
hairs on the lower side ; pads and soles quite naked. Measurements 
(taken from dried skin) : head and body (c.) 110 millimetres ; tail ? (broken) ; 
hind-foot (c.) 26’5 ; ear (c.) 14; skull, greatest length 32’5, greatest 
breadth 16’5 ; nasals 13'2 x 2*9 ; etc. The extraordinary weakness of 
the lower jaw suggests the specific name that is given, gerbils being- 
noted for fighting among themselves. It will be interesting to know 
upon what this animal lives, for its food can hardly be of the same nature 
as that of the family generally.’ 
Peel’s Gerbil (Geilillus peeli), sp. n. 
Discovered by the author at Eik (4,500 feet), July 4. 
Mr. de Winton says of this animal {Annals and Magazme of Natural 
History, sev. 7, vol. i., March, 1898): ‘Size small; colour above, rick 
fawn, most of the hairs tipped with blackish ; the bases of the hairs slate- 
coloured ; all the underparts, to the bases of the hairs, pure white ; feet 
and hands well clothed with white hairs ; nails horn-coloured ; fingers and 
toes sparingly covered with hairs on the lower sides ; soles and pads 
quite naked ; tail bicoloured, blackish brown above, deepening in inten- 
sity towards the tip, buffish-white beneath. Measurements (taken from 
the dried skin) : head and body (c.) 70 millimetres ; tail (c.) 50 ; hind-foot- 
