184 Messrs. 0. Tlioinas ami M. A. C. llinton 0)i the 



8. Ochotona royhi nepalensis^ Ilodgs. 



? . 38, 39. Kama YallGj, 12,000'-13,000', 24tli August. 



On laving out all tlic available Himalayan specimens ot" 

 this group — some sixty in number, — from localities ranging 

 from Kashmir on tlie west tlirougli Kumaon to Nepal, we 

 liave come to tlie conclusion tliat three subspecies may be 

 recognized of U. roylei. Its type-form would be that of 

 Kumaon, where Strachey obtained specimens exactly matching 

 Ogilby's ty|)e from the " Choor Mountains" (presumably 

 Cliaur Peak, near Simla). And a synonym of it would be 

 (). JiO'/(^.<toni, BIyth, two of whose three originally mentioned 

 localities aie in the range of (J. roi/Iei roi/lei. 



Then on the west the somewhat greyer, but not materially 

 different 0. wardi of Kashmir and Ilazara should be termed 

 0. roylei icardi, while eastwards in Nepal Hodgson's nepal- 

 evsiSf in turn darker than roylei, would be a third subspecies, 

 found in a more saturate region. The relation to these three 

 of 0. r. chiiiensis, Thos., descril)ed fioni still further east at 

 Ta-chien-Lu, we are at present unable to be certain about, 

 owing to the absence of specimens showing the seasonal 

 phases. The type of that form waa killed in May, so that 

 there is no evidence as to whether or no it takes on a rufous 

 mantle in the later summer. 



"Onlv seen at the altitudes above recorded. Found in 

 wet valleys."— .4. F. R. W. 



9. Ochotona wollastoni, sp. n. 



cJ. 34; ? . 35. Fuse La, 16,500', 28th July. 



J. 36. E. Mt. Everest, 17,500', 6th August. 



S. 41. Kama Valley, 15,800', 29ih August. 



cJ . 48 ; ? . 37. Kharta Valley, 14,500', 15,000', 6th 

 September, 23rd August. 



c? . 51, 52, 53 ; ? . 50, 54, 59, 60. E. Everest, 17,000', 

 17,500', 9th-16th September. 



A grey Pika of the size of 0. royhi, without contrasted 

 rufous at any season. 



Size about as in 0. roylei^ of which the subspecies nepal- 

 ensis was also oi)tained l)y the Expedition. General colour 

 above light grey with a slight drabby tinge, the tips of the 

 hairs blackened. No conspicuous seasonal changes, the new 

 summer fur coming up of practically the same colour as the 

 warm winter fur. Head and shoulders without strong 

 rufous, the species contrasting in this respect with all the 

 subspecies of roylei, in which these parts turn a more or less 



