Dr. N. SevertzofF on the Mammals of Turkestan. 41 



the assistance of Sir Victor Brooke, Bart., and Mr. Edward 

 E. Alston in revising the translation, and in adding the notes 

 signed with their initials *.— F. Carl Ceaemees.] 



1. Vesperugo turcomanus. 



Is found all the year round in the whole of Turkestan, ex- 

 cept the south-western portion of the country ; but is seldom, 

 if ever, found over an altitude of from 3000 to 4000 feet 

 above the level of the sea. 



2. Vesperugo serotinus. 



Is met with in the northern portion of Turkestan only, in 

 winter as well as in summer, in the hilly part of the country 

 at an elevation of not more than 7000 feet. 



3. Vesperugo Blythi. 



Is very common throughout the country, inhabiting mostly 

 the hills and tablelands, at a height of from 1000 to 4000 

 feet above the sea, below which former altitude it does not 

 descend. 



It is the commonest species in Chimkent, Tashkent, and 

 Hodgent, where I have obtained specimens myself, and about 

 Samarkand, where it has been obtained by M. Fedchenko 

 (also at Tashkent). M. Fedchenko's specimens which I have 

 examined are quite like each other and my specimens. They 

 have been forwarded for comparison and description to Dr. 

 Peters, of Berlin, who is occupied on a monograph of the 

 Chiroptera. On this account I do not describe this species 

 here, but will only remark that it is smaller than V. akoho- 

 muli, and appeared to me to be an intermediate form between 

 that species and V. pipistrellus. 



I saw it flying about at Chimkent over the water on a light 

 evening, just about sunset, so that it could easily be shot ; 

 but it is also abroad after dark, and flew into my room at 

 Tashkent past midnight. It inhabits the crevices in the walls 

 of clay buildings there. 



* [Attention may be directed to the following memoirs which have 

 appeared since the publication of Dr. Severtzoff's work :— Dr. Giinther on 

 Leporine Mammals from Central Asia (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, 

 x^-i. pp. 228-231) ; Sir V. Brooke, Bart., and Mr. B. Brooke on Asiatic 

 Sheep (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, pp. 509-526) ; Mr. W. T. Blanford on 

 Mammals collected by the late Dr. Stoliczka in Turkestan, &c. (Journ. 

 Asiat, Soc. Beng. xliv. pp. 105-112), on the Marmots of Central Asia 

 (torn. cit. pp. 113-127), and on Stag's Horns from the Thian-Sban (Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1875, pp. 637-641) —E. R. A.] 



