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No. 50, Page 68. Hystrix Longicauda. 

 Crestless Porcupine. 



This he describes as follows : 



"No crest ; head, neck, fore-half of the body, entire belly and 

 limbs covered with black spinous bristles, 2 to 3 inches long, 

 shortest on the head and limbs ; the large quills of the back and 

 croup vary from 7 to 12 inches long, mostly white with one cen- 

 tral black ring ; the tail conico-depressed, with some quills about 

 5 inches long, and the rattle consisting of 35 to 40 hollow cylin- 

 ders, some closed, others open. A narrow and vaguely marked 

 white collor. 



Length of one, head and body, 24 inches ; tail 4, or with the 

 quills 5i[. 



This porcupine is found in the central region of Nepal and 

 Sikim, and extends through Burmah into the Malayan peninsula 

 and islands." 



No. 51, Page 68. Leporidce. 

 " Common" and " Black-naped Hares." 



Jerdon gives the following description of the first of these 

 animals : 



" Lepus-ruficaudatus The common Indian Hare. 

 General hue rufescent, mixed with blackish on the back and 

 head ; ears brownish anteriorly, white at the base and the tip brown ; 

 neck, breast, flanks and limbs, more or less dark sandy rufescent 

 unmottled ; nape, pale sandy rufescent ; tail, rufous above, white 

 beneath ; upper lips, small eye mark, chin, throat and lower parts, 

 pure white. 



Length of one, head and body, 20 inches ; tail with hair 4 ; ear 

 externally nearly 5 ; breadth of ear when expanded 2|. Weight, 

 rarely exceeds 5 Ibs. 



This hare is found from the foot of the Himalayas, southward 

 to the Godavery river on the east, and on the west as far south as 

 the Taptee river at all events, perhaps further. It extends from 

 the Punjab to Assam. 



