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Show 1866.] REV. H. B.TRISTRAM ON THE MAMMALS OF PALESTINE. 89 34. GERBILLUS TJENIURUS, Wagn. Mount Carmel and the hill country generally. 35. GERBILLUS MELANURUS, Riipp. In the Jordan valley and Dead-Sea basin. 36. GERBILLUS PYGARGUS, CUV. ? Another small species, which appears to answer to G. pygargus of Cuvier, and is found in the wilderness of Beersheba. 37. PSAMMOMYS OBESUS, Riipp. Extremely abundant in sandy places throughout the Dead-Sea basin and the plains and uplands of Southern Judaea. 38. PSAMMOMYS MYOSURUS, Wagn. Appears to take the place of the above in the higher ground. 39. PSAMMOMYS TAMARACINUS, Kuhl ? A small Rodent met with at the south end of the Dead Sea seems referable to this species. 40. DIPUS ^EGYPTIUS, Licht. Very common in the desert. 41. ARVICOLA AMPHIBIUS, Desm. Only observed by us in the north. 42. ARVICOLA MONTICOLA, Wagn. I caught a Vole, near the snow-line on the top of Hermon, which, on comparison, appears identical with a specimen in my possession from the Pyrenees. If the species be identical, the range of this Vole is much more extensive than has been hitherto supposed. 43. ARVICOLA ARVALIS, De Selys. Very common. 44. ARVICOLA SOCIALIS, Desm. In the desert near Damascus, and probably also in Southern Judaea, where we saw a very light-coloured, short-tailed Field-Vole. 45. GLIS VULGARIS, Kl. The great Dormouse is very abundant in the oases of the Jordan valley, especially about Jericho, where it has its nest in ever}' dom-tree. Through some oversight we did not bring a specimen home; but it has been mentioned by several writers, from Russell downwards. At Jericho it was very lively in winter when disturbed. 46. MYOXUS NITELA, Desm. ? |