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  Asiatic 
  Muridse. 
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  the 
  genus 
  Uromys, 
  its 
  nearest 
  neighbour 
  being 
  the 
  somewhat 
  

   larger 
  IT. 
  bruijnii 
  of 
  Salawatti. 
  

  

  Microtus 
  (Eothenomys) 
  mela 
  nog 
  aster 
  colurnus 
  ) 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Similar 
  in 
  all 
  essential 
  characters 
  to 
  true 
  melanog 
  aster, 
  

   but 
  much 
  brighter 
  in 
  colour, 
  the 
  type 
  form 
  being 
  something 
  

   between 
  "bistre" 
  and 
  " 
  mummy-brown," 
  while 
  the 
  present 
  

   animal 
  is 
  rather 
  darker 
  and 
  richer 
  than 
  " 
  hazel." 
  The 
  tail 
  

   also 
  seems 
  to 
  average 
  shorter, 
  but 
  properly 
  measured 
  series 
  

   are 
  not 
  at 
  present 
  available. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  (measured 
  in 
  skin) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  110 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tail 
  35 
  ; 
  hind 
  foot 
  17'5. 
  

  

  Skull 
  : 
  condylo-basal 
  length 
  26'2. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Kuatun, 
  N.VV. 
  Fokien. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  male. 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  0. 
  5. 
  8. 
  38. 
  Original 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  52. 
  Collected 
  24th 
  October, 
  1899, 
  and 
  presented 
  by 
  

   C. 
  B. 
  Rickett, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  examined, 
  presented 
  by 
  

   Messrs. 
  C. 
  B. 
  Rickett, 
  F. 
  W. 
  Styan, 
  and 
  J. 
  de 
  La 
  Touche. 
  

  

  Plecotus 
  ivardi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  A 
  pale-coloured 
  species 
  with 
  large 
  skull. 
  

  

  Size 
  large. 
  Fur 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  fine. 
  General 
  colour 
  pale, 
  

   paler 
  than 
  " 
  drab-grey 
  ; 
  " 
  under 
  surface 
  broadly 
  washed 
  with 
  

   greyish 
  white 
  (grey 
  no. 
  10), 
  lighter 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  form. 
  

   Thumb 
  long. 
  

  

  Skull 
  broad 
  and 
  rounded. 
  Bullse 
  large. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  type 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Forearm 
  45*5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  boly 
  53 
  ; 
  tail 
  50 
  ; 
  ear 
  41 
  ; 
  thumb, 
  c. 
  u. 
  (exclu- 
  

   sive 
  of 
  metacarpal) 
  7 
  '8 
  ; 
  lower 
  leg 
  and 
  foot 
  (c. 
  u.) 
  29'5. 
  

  

  Skull 
  : 
  condylo-basal 
  length 
  16*6 
  ; 
  basi-sinual 
  length 
  131 
  ; 
  

   greatest 
  horizontal 
  diameter 
  of 
  bulla 
  4*4. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Leh, 
  Ladak. 
  Alt. 
  10,500'. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  female. 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  6. 
  10. 
  3. 
  2. 
  Original 
  

   number 
  73. 
  Collected 
  10th 
  June, 
  1906, 
  by 
  C. 
  A. 
  Crump. 
  

   Presented 
  by 
  Col. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Ward. 
  

  

  Distinguishable 
  from 
  P. 
  homochrous 
  and 
  puck 
  by 
  the 
  

   broader 
  skull 
  and 
  paler 
  colour. 
  

  

  Named 
  in 
  honour 
  of 
  the 
  donor, 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  Museum 
  is 
  

   indebted 
  for 
  valuable 
  series 
  of 
  Kashmir 
  animals. 
  

  

  Ann, 
  & 
  Mag. 
  X. 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  8. 
  Vol. 
  vii. 
  14 
  

  

  