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thicker and longer on the upper surface of ‘the fore feet. Nails 
small and nearly white, each with a tuft of straight hairs springing 
from their bases. 
Tail of a uniform dark brown colour for the whole of its length*, 
and with the scales very indistinctly marked. Hairy portion at its 
base not exceeding half an inch in length. 
The fur of the upper parts approaches to half an inch in length, 
and is of a dark grey colour, tipped with brown, which passes into a 
buffy-brown on the sides of the body. Outer surface of the limbs, 
the occiput, a space in front of the ear, and the fur on the base of 
the tail, of the same colour as the back. Around the eye a black 
mark, of small extent beneath and behind it, more extended above it, 
but most so in the direction of the snout, which it approaches very 
nearly. On the forehead the fur is pale brown, having the appear- 
ance of a pale streak between the two black marks. On all the 
under parts the hairs are unicolour, of a pale buff, palest on the 
mesial line, and on the throat and breast taking the form of a well- 
defined streak of pale yellow. Cheeks, chin, and lips buffy-brown. 
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3 
Length of the head and body, about .......... 6 0 
— of the tail, about............. BRET uae ats OF 
——— of the head.............. 5 er RR ae 
——w— from nose to ear...... Pe PR KER el OL 
———— from nose to eye.................00: 0 52 
GER MOWEDES  oycs cosa a. =e OF se 
Breadth of the ears ............. 0 7 
Tiere! OF ENG MUMGETAS. 3 os ns heme cp OG 
GE COTO MEIN oe 55 ieiy ens sas wu), ea 
of the fore foot ....... iy 
— ofthe femur ...... een Spueetegeay eee oe 
— of the tibia...... sage paipccasNetug ahepeaunsad- 09k to ag Mb See 
OMENE ENG TOE Sie an veme es, sie win cies, 0 10 
UVotal Tenatht Gt sult 3. ot cep meee ais PTS ie BRS =: 
Breadth across the zygomatic arches .......... 0 10 
From front of foremost incisor to back of last molar 0 8 
enethh. of tie maeal Ones, Svein «2.5 0s «, 0 mehreyace 0 8 
of the zygoma from its posterior root to 
the front margin of the orbit .............. 0 8 
Breadth of the palate between the canines...... 0 2 
between the two hinder molars.. 0 34 
Bene th.On, CHE -LOWEr GAIN wae coe. «<a Nhs x79. 9 n= L8 
Height from the posterior angle to the top of the 
COTONOIA DOCH Bene ko ine pics nie ate ea 0 5 
Length of the dental series in the lower jaw .... 0 8 
The young have all the under parts and inner surfaces of the 
* Such is the appearance of the tail after being skinned and immersed in spirits; 
bat Mr. Fraser’s note of this animal is to this effect :—‘‘ Nose and feet pale flesh- 
colour, ears and tail a little darker.” The young have the terminal two-thirds of 
the tail of this colour, after having been skinned and sent home in spirits. 
