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sembles the Alpine Hare, but the latter has a small ear, whilst the 

 present animal has a very large, broad, and open ear. I never heard 

 that these Hares w^ere gregarious, excepting from the necessity of 

 seeking the same jilaces in quest of food, and those being few and far 

 between. The nature of the country would prevent any migration, 

 such as that of the Alpine Hares. 



" I never heard it utter any peculiar cry, and should think it not 

 unlikely that the varieties said to exist in Tartary by Bewick, and 

 to whistle sharply, like the chirping of a sjiarrow, must be the large 

 Drun (?) or Thibetian Marmot, of which Jacquemont says he received 

 a skin, and of which I and Dr. Falconer also have seen plenty. I 

 had the skeleton of one, but unfortunately lost it." 



Mr. Vigne moreover observes, that there are no Hares in Cashmere, 

 though it is a country which appears to be particularly fitted for 

 them ; neither are there any gray or black Francolins, though all are 

 found within four or five days' march of the Valley. 



The Hare exhibited, Mr. Waterhouse observed, was an undescribed 

 species*, and he proceeded to characterize it under the name of 



Lepus Tibetanus. Lep. cinereus, pilis flavescenti-albo nigroque 

 annulatis ; ahdomine albo ; pedibus suprcl sordide albis, suhths sordide 

 flavescenti-fuscis, pilis densis indutis ; cciudd mediocri, alba, suprcl ni- 

 gricante ; auribus longis, ad apicem nigricantibus : nucha sordide alba, 

 indistincte fulvo-lavatd. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudse basin. ... 18 



Cauda 4 6 



tarsi 5 



— auris 4 6 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris .... 3 8 



The Thibet Hare, compared with most other species of the genus, is 

 most remarkable for its pale grayish colouring, and the almost total 

 absence of brown or yellow tints in its fur. On the upper parts of 

 the body the fur is of a pale gray hue next the skin ; the hairs are 

 blackish beyond the middle, and at the point, and broadly annulated 

 with white or cream colour near the point ; but interspersed with the 

 ordinary fur on this part of the body are numerous hairs which 

 are white at the base, though annulated like the others on the apical 

 portion. The fur on the chest is also pale gray at the base, but ex- 

 ternally it has a faint fulvous hue, though it might almost be de- 

 scribed as dirty white, and the occiput and back of the neck are of 

 the same hue. On the belly the fur is white, even next the skin. 

 The legs and feet are almost white ; a slight ashy tint is observable 

 on the outer side of the hinder pair ; they are rather densely clothed 

 with fur, and that on the under side is of a yellowish-brown hue, but 

 not very dark. The ears are very large, and well clothed with hairs ; 

 on the outer part, in front, these hairs have the same colouring as 

 those on the back of the animal, but on the hinder part they are 

 white, or nearly so, and the apical portion of the ear is broadly mar- 

 gined with black. 



* At p. 234 we give Mr. Hodgson's description of tills animal from the 

 Journal of the Asiatic Society, dated February 1841. 



