20 CATALOGUE OF 



Grey brown, beneath whitish, fur very soft, with rather elon- 

 gated, very slender, soft, longer hairs ; ears moderate, rounded ; 

 whiskers black at the base, slender, weak ; front cutting teeth 

 broad, yellow ; grinders very large, much larger than in Mus Ban- 

 dicota. 



Hind foot, 1 inch 8 lines; skull to back of palate, 1 inch 1^ 

 line; grinders 4^ lines long and 2 lines wide.- 



Fam. 2. HYSTRICIDJS. 



The SAYAL. Hystrix leucurus, Sykes. Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1834, 

 97. J. A. S. B. x. 915. Gray, Cat. Mam. 123. Hystrix Nipal- 

 ensis, Hodgs. Jour. Sci. Beng. 1841,220, x. 915. Cole. J. N. H. iv. 

 293. H. cristata Indica, Gray, Illust. Ind. Zool. t, 14. Hystrix, 

 Hods.J. A. S.B.i.343. 

 a c. Three specimens of different ages. 

 d. A very young flat skin, brown. 

 e,f. Two skulls. 



g. Bones of the body (without limbs). 

 h. Drawing of female, t. 114. 

 i. Drawing of young, with details of feet, t. 115. 



Fam. 4. LEPORID^E. 



The INDIAN HARE. Lepus macrotus, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. ix. 

 1840, 1 1 83, x. 915. Gray, Cat. B. M. 127. Lepus Indicus, Hodgs. 

 Linn. Tram. L. n. sp. Hodgs. P. Zool. Soc. 1834, 97. Lepus 

 aryavertensis, Hodgs. Calc. J. N. H. iv. 293. L. orien tails, Brown, 

 Beng. Sport. May. 1836. Larger Hare, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. i. 344. 



Var. 1. Sole of feet brownish white. 

 a c. Three specimens of adult, not in a good state. 



d. A young specimen. 



e. A head. 



f,g. Two skulls, (from bad specimens). 

 h. ? A skull, (not named). 

 i. The bones of the trunk. 



Var. 2. Soles of the feet bright red. 

 k. Two specimens. 

 /. A skull. 

 m. Drawing of adult, t. 116, and t. 118, f. 1. 



The TALOI. Lepus Taloi, Pallas, Glires, 20, t. I,/. 2. Zool. 

 Z. A. i. 149. Gray, Cat. Mam. B. M. 127. L. Dauricus, Erxl. 

 Gmel. Nov. Comn. Petrop. v. 357, t. 12, /. 2. L. pallipes, 

 Hodgs. J. A. S. B. xi. 288, t. 



Inhab. Thibet, 

 a. An imperfect skin, wanting the head and one foot. 



