ARVICOLA. 349 
GENUS ARVICOLA. 
Muzzle blunt; fore-feet small, with short claws; soles naked; tail 
longer than the hind-foot, clad with short hairs; incisors plain, smooth 
in front. The fore-feet in some species have but a small wart in place 
of a thumb; in others there is a small thumb with a minute claw. The 
hind-feet have five toes. 
No. 387. ARVICOLA STOLICZKANUS. 
The Yarkand Vole. 
Hasitat.—Yarkand. 
DeEscrIPTION.—“ Bright ferruginous brown above, pure white beneath ; 
fur soft, rather woolly, 0°5 to 0°6 inch long on the middle of the back, 
the basal portion throughout both head and body being dark leaden 
grey ; this is the case on the back for about three-quarters of the length 
of the hairs ; the remaining quarter is rufous white, tipped with darker 
rufous, whilst numerous rather longer hairs are dark rufous-brown at the 
ends ; rather a sharp line divides the rufous of the back from the white 
belly ; upper part of the head the same colour as the back; upper 
whiskers dark brown, lower, including the longest, white ; ears small, 
rounded, hairy, completely concealed by the fur, with rather short bright 
rufous hair near the margin inside ; and covered outside with longer and 
paler hair ; feet small, the thumb of the fore-foot quite rudimentary and 
clawless ; remaining claws long, compressed, sharply pointed, but much 
concealed by the long white hairs which cover the upper part of the 
foot , soles naked ; tarsus hairy below, a few hairs between the pads of 
the toes ; tail short, apparently about a quarter the length of the body 
and head together, covered with stiff fulvescent white hair, which extends 
about half an inch beyond the end.”—W. 7! Blanford, ‘Sc. Res. of 
Second Yarkand Mission,’ p. 43. 
SizE.—Head and body, about 4 inches ; tail, with hair, 12. 
No. 388. ARVICOLA STRACHEYI. 
The Kumaon Vole. 
HasBitTat.—Kumaon. 
DeEscrIPTION.—Light brown above, with a greyish tint and dusky 
forehead ; under-parts, feet, and tail white; ears small, not longer than 
the fur, and thickly clad with hair; feet of moderate size; thumb as in 
the last ; tail short and covered with white hairs. 
S1zE.—Head and body, about 3°7 inches ; tail; 0°7. 
This vole was procured first by Capt. (now Lieut.-Gen.) R. Strachey 
at Kumaon. . 
