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MAMMALS OF KASHMIR— TRUE. 



The diuieiisions of the skull are as follows; 



Measurements. 



Basilar leuiith, from inferior margin of foramen magnum to pos 



terior margin of incisors 



Length of nasals 



Length of cheek teeth • 



35501, ?, 

 Nagmarg. 



mm. 

 34.5 

 15.0 

 8.0 



9,000 feet. 



LAGOMYS GRISEIJS, Bhiuford. 



Blanford does not recognize tliis species as belougiiig to the fauna of 

 India, but Dr. Abbott's two specimens agree perfectly with the de- 

 scription and figures of it in the Zoology of the Second Yarkard Mission, 

 and I conclude that they should be assigned here rather than to the 

 closely allied L. macrotis. The adult, No. 20396, measured 8^ inches 

 Avhen fresh, and the younger individual, 7 inches. Dr. Abbott notes 

 the following regarding the species: By no means common at this sea- 

 son at any rate (December) ; probably hibernates. The Baltis say they 

 are very common, living among the rocks and glacial moraines. 



The dimensions of the skull of the adult are as follows: 



Measurements. 



Basilar longth* 



Grtatrst zygomatic breadth 



Least w idili of fi-ontals 



Length of nasals 



Greatest breadth of nasals anteriorly 



Length of crowns of iipjier molars and prem(dars 



Upper incisors to premolars 



Lower incisors to premolars 



Length of ci'owns of lower molars and premolars 



* From lower margin of foramen magnum to posterior edge of alveolus of large incisor. 



I^ff^. Male, Doni Nullah, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, December 4, 1891. 10,000 



feet. 

 aSf 15- Female, young. Dras Valley, Kashmir, November 12, 1891. 9,000 feet. 



CROCIDUEA MURINA, (Linn a- us). 



Of the five specimens of this species collected in Srinagar and the 

 Vale of Kashmir, three were obtained in summer and two in winter. 

 The former are brownish on the back (the tips of the hairs being of 

 that color) while the later are slate-gray. This difference in color, 

 therefore, appears to be seasonal. 



In one of the largest specimens, No. 21080, the fifth minute upper 

 tooth is concealed by the fourth and sixth from without, while in others 

 it is visible to a greater or less extent. 



