1S6 On Mammals from 2Iount Everest. 



liabitual home at the hi<jhest altitude of any in the woihl. 

 Althoni^li he did not brino; any specimens tVom higlier than 

 17,500', Mr. Wollaston kilhll >oine at 20,100' — a heii^ht 

 probablv only rarely surpassed by wandering wolves, or, 

 perhaps, Pautholop'i, — but as a habitual home this is probably 

 the highest in existence. 



Incidentally we may note that a mouse {Phyllotis sublimis) 

 was described by Thomas in li^OO from an altitude of 17,900' 

 in Peru. 



It will be of interest, on the one hand, actually to have 

 specimens from 20,000', and, on the other, to tind out how low 

 it ranges, and whether it intergrades at all with the Nepalese 

 form of 0. roylei, which was obtained by the Expedition at 

 12,000-13,000' in the Kama Valley. 



" We found this Pika from 14,500' te the snow-line ; the 

 highest seen were at 20,100', only in mountainous and rocky 

 country/^— .1. F. 7?. IT'. 



10. Ochotona curzonice, Hodgs. 



cJ. U, 16, 21; ?. 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26. Tingr, 

 Tibet, 14,000', 2nd-7th July. 



As very few examples of this Pika were in the Museum 

 collection, the present series forms a valuable addition to the 

 material for the study of tiie group. The majority of the 

 specimens are in changing pelage, and three of them are 

 young. 



'* Between 14,000' and 15.000' on dry plains, where they 

 burrow in soft ground." — A. F. R. W. 



[Ciiiru [Pantholops hod^soni, Abel). 



"Horns seen in possession of natives, supposed to have 

 come from about 20 miles north of Tingri Uzjng." — • 



A. F. li. it:] 



11. Procapra picticaudata, Hodgs. 



(^ . Skull and mask. Near Kamba Dzong, at about 

 16,000'. Presented to British Museum by Lt.-Col. C. Howard 

 Bury. 



" On plains at 15,000'. Kamba Dzong." — ^. F. B. \V. 



[Burrhel {Pseudois nayaury Hodgs.). 



" 16,000' and above. Tracks and droppings found at 

 20,000'. Kamba Dzong."— J. F. R. IF.] 



