370 _Mammatia oF INpIA. 
part of neck extending to near the shoulders ; the spot under the neck 
is in some specimens of a bright yellow colour; ears long, greyish- 
brown, internally with white fringes, at the apical part dusky, posteriorly 
black at the base; feet yellowish ; tail above grizzled with black and 
yellow, beneath white.”—e//aart. 
Size.—Head and body, 1g inches ; tail, 23 inches; ears, 4? inches. 
A friend of Brigadier-General McMaster’s, writing to him, says: “ The 
black-naped hare of the Neilgherries, which appears to be the same 
as that of the plains, only larger from the effect of climate, often, when 
chased by dogs, runs into holes and hollow trees. I have found some 
_of the Neilgherry hares to be nearly, if not quite, equal to the English 
hares in flavour. I think a great deal depends upon keeping and 
cooking. 
No. 409. LEpuUs PEGUENSIS. 
The Pegu Hare. 
NaTIvVE Name.— Yung, Arakanese. 
Haspitat.—Pegu, Burmah. 
DEscRIPTION.—Very like ZL. rujficaudatus, but with the tail dlack 
above ; the colour of the upper parts is separated more distinctly from 
the pure white of the under parts. 
S1zE.—Head and body, about 20 inches. 
No. 410. LEPUS HYPSIBIUS. 
The Mountain Hare. 
HasitatT.—Northern Ladakh. 
DEscrIPTION.—Colour rufous brown, more or less mixed with black 
on the back, dusky ashy on the rump; lower parts white with a slight 
rufescent tinge, fur long, woolly, rather curly, and thick ; head brown, 
whitish round the eyes; whiskers partly black, partly white; outside 
surface of ears brown in front, whitish behind, the brown hairs having 
short black tips ; the extreme tip of ears black ; tail white ; throughout 
limbs chiefly white, a brownish band running down the anterior portion 
of the fore-legs. 
S1zE.—Of skin about 24 inches. (See Blanford’s ‘Second Yarkand 
Mission,’ p. 60; also plate iii.) 
No. 411. LEPUS PALLIPES. 
The Palefooted Hare. 
NaTiveE Names.— Zogh, Toshkhen, Yarkandi, i.e. Mountain Hare. 
HapitTat.—Yarkand ; Thibet. 
DEscrIPTION.—“ Fur long, dense and soft, of a pale ochre colour, 
but on the back of the animal pencilled with black ; haunches greyish ; 
