228 Dr. A. Giinther on some Leporine 



XXVIII. — Description of a new Species of Pigeon from the 

 Karen Hills. By Arthur, Viscount Walden, P.Z.S., 

 F.R.S. 



Ducula griseicapilla, n. sp. 



Chin and throat pure white ; remainder of lower surface 

 pale grey, the breast being tinged with lilac ; back of neck 

 vinous ; interscapulary region brown with a vinous tinge ; 

 wing-coverts brown, like the back, but not so strongly tinted 

 with vinous ; quills dark brown, almost black ; uropygium 

 and upper tail-coverts dark ash ; rectrices above dark brown, 

 with a broad grey terminal band ; lower surface of rectrices 

 pale grey ; under tail-coverts pale cream-colour ; forehead, 

 crown, nape, cheeks, and ear-coverts pure French grey. 



Wing 9'5 inches, tail 8"5, bill from forehead 1, tarsus 1, 

 middle toe 1*75. 



" Iris ( $ ) greyish white ; orbits grey-brown ; bill reddish 

 plum-colour, pale at tip " (Wardlaw Ramsay). 



Described from examples obtained by Lieutenant Wardlaw 

 Ramsay on the Karen hills, at from 4000 to 4200 feet. A 

 representative form of D. insignis and D. badia. 



XXIX. — Descriptions of some Leporine Mammals from 

 Central Asia. By Dr. Albert Gunther, F.R.S. 



The British Museum has recently received several small 

 collections of Central-Asiatic Mammalia, which consisted 

 chiefly of species previously known, but imperfectly repre- 

 sented in the National Collection. Among the specimens of 

 hares {Lepus and Lagomys), for the majority of which we are 

 indebted to Capt. J. Biddulph, there were several species 

 apparently hitherto undescribed ; and on these and a few others 

 I beg to offer the following remarks. 



Lepus tibetanus (Waterhouse). 



Two specimens, obtained by Captain Biddulph in June in 

 the Nobra valley, agree very well with the type of this species, 

 being only a little smaller in size, while a fourth specimen, 

 collected many years ago by Captain Strachey in Ladak, 

 equals the latter in this respect. Also in this species the 

 hairs are straight, and not curled as in Lepus pallipes. 



Lepus oiostolus of Hodgson, which I know only from the 



