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under-parts white, chest of a delicate yellow rufous tint ; the front of the 
fore-legs and the fore-feet nearly of the same hue; tarsus almost white, 
but somewhat suffused with rufous in front; tail white, excepting along 
the middle portion of the upper surface, where it is grey.” —Waterhouse’s 
Mammalia,’ vol. il. p. 62. 
SizeE.—Head and body, about 18 inches; tail, with hair about 5 
inches. 
This hare was first described by Hodgson (‘J. A. S. B., vol. xi.), 
who also gave a plate; but there is a full description with an ex- 
cellent plate in Blanford’s ‘Scientific Results of the Second Yarkand 
Mission.’ 
No. 412. Lrpus TIBETANUS. 
The Thibet Hare. 
Hapitat.—Little Thibet ; Ladakh. 
DESCRIPTION.—Ears longer than the head, margined with yellow 
white internally, externally, with the apex, edged with black and with a 
narrow edging of black extending about half-way down the hinder 
margin. ‘The general colour seems to vary, as is the case with most of 
the mountain hares. According to Waterhouse it is “ palish-ashy 
grey; the back mottled with dusky and yellowish-white ; the back of 
neck pale rufous brown.” ‘Two specimens, described by Blanford, are 
“general colour rufous brown (very dark brownish tawny),” and 
another, “above dusky brown, with an ashy tinge on the rump.” Water- 
house’s specimens may have been in the winter dress; the under-parts 
are white; legs longish and white; tail white, with the upper surface 
sooty or grey-black. The excellent plate in the Yarkand Report is 
nearer to Waterhouse’s verbal portraiture, being of a mottled ashy 
grey. 
Si1zE.—Head and body, about 18 inches ; tail, with hair, 44 inches. 
No. 418. Lrpus YARKANDENSIS. 
The Varkand Hare. 
NatTivE NamMe.—Zoshkhan, Yarkandi. 
Hasitat.—The plains of Yarkand and Kashghar. 
DEsSCRIPTION.—General colour sandy, more or less mixed with 
dusky ; pale isabelline on the sides ; no grey on rump; tail dark brown 
above; ears without black tip ; lower parts white ; fur soft and long ; 
fore-legs very pale, brown in front ; hind-legs still paler, brown outside. 
S1zE.—Head and body, about 17 inches ; tail, 4 inches. 
Mr. Blanford remarks that “‘ one striking peculiarity of this very pale 
coloured hare is the absence of any black patches, and of all grey 
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