432 



Colour aboAe varying from dark rich bro\A'n with a slight greyish 

 tinge to dark chestnut, lower parts pale brown, tail coloured like 

 the back. Base of fur leaden black 

 throughout. 



Dimensions of a male in spirit : bead and 

 body 4-75 inches, tail 1'35, ear 0'25, hind 

 foot 0-7 ; extreme length of skull 1-14, 

 zygomatic breadth 0'7o. Another male 

 measures only 3 inches from nose to rump, 

 ^ ^ tain;2._ 



raT %p Distribution. Murree, obtained by Mr. 



Wynne in the station. 



A specimen with similar dentition to 

 M. wynnei, but brown (not rufous) above, 

 W'hitish below, with ears projecting con- 

 siderably beyond the fur, was received 

 without trustworthy locality^ but asso- 

 ciated with Kashmir specimens, at the British Museum. 



a h 



Fig. 136. — Crowns of («) 

 upper and {li) lower 

 molars of M. wymioi, 

 X4. 



304. Microtus blanfordi. The Qilgit Vole. 



Arvicola blanfordi, >Sch/Ii/, A. M. N. H. (5) vi, p. 399 (1880); 

 id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 206; Blanford, J. A. S. B. \, pt. 2, p. 104. 



Ears projecting beyond the fur, rounded, covered with short 

 hair. Thumb very small, but with a small claw. Tail nearly half 

 the length of the head and body, well clad with short hair. 

 Hinder upjier molar with 3 inner and 3 outer angles and ter- 

 minating in a short longitudinal lobe. First lower molar with 5 

 inner and 4 outer angles. 



Colour greyish brown above, white below ; tail light brown 

 above, sullied white beneath. Base of fur leaden black through- 

 out, terminations on back pale brown, the tips darker, some longer 

 black tips intermixed, especially on the rump. 



Dimensions of a male fresh : head and body 4-55, tail 2*05, ear 

 0-7, hind foot 0-75. 



Distribution. Gilgit, 9000 to 10,000 feet. 



305. Microtus blythi. BlytKs Vole. 



Phaiomys leucurus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxii, p. 89 (1863) ; id. Cat. 



p. 125 ; Theobald, J. A. S. B. xxxi, p. 519 ; StoHczha, J. A. S. B. 



xxxiv, p. 110, nee Arvicola leucurus, Gerbe (1802). 

 Arvicola blythi, Blanford, J. A. S. B. xliv, pt. 2, p. 107 (1875), 



1, pt. 2, p.'lOG ; id. York. Miss., Mam. p. 39, pi. viii, fig. 2, pi. x b, 



fig. 1. 



Pltise, Ladak. 



Ears hairy, not extending beyond the fur. Thumb with a short 

 claw. Tail | to ^ the length of the head and body, covered with 

 short hair. Last upper molar \\ith 3 internal and 3 external 



