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< ht a ncv: Voh from Kashitiir. 



black li]i; interspersed among these are longer ])iirc black 

 hairs. The colour is deepest across the back and paler on 

 the flanks and cheeks. Underparts whitish, tinged with 

 yellow ; hairs with dark bases. Feet greyish. Tail long 

 and bicolor, brown above, white below. Ears moderate, 

 rounded, and clothed with short hairs similar in colour to the 

 upper ])arts. 



The skull is slightly smaller and flatter than in h-ne7iivaUfi^ 

 but the brain-case is rather more rounded at the sides. The 

 auditory bullte smaller, less elongate, and well rounded, thus 

 slightly compressing the basioccipital. 



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1. Upper riiilit (n»/Y«/'or). 2. T'pper rifilit (?»iy?//.s). 

 iij>;ht {nivalis). 4. Lower rij,4il {imitator). 



Teeth generally resembling those of M. m'vah's, with two 

 important exceptions. In the species under consideration 

 the spaces are rather narrower and smaller than in nivalis^ 

 the third molar of the upper jaw has four external angles 

 instead of three, and the posterior lobe of the same tooth has 

 a slight constriction on its inner edge, tending to form a 

 fourth interior angle, hi the lower jaw the anterior arrow- 

 shaped head of the first molar is not symmetrical, but is 

 elongated on its external side to form an oblong rounded space j 

 a tendency towards this shape is found, so Dr. Forsyth Major 

 tells me, m a specimen of nivalis from JMount Ilermon, but 



