562 DR. J. ANDERSON ON RODENTS FROM YARKAND. [June 20, 



fur coarse, and nearly 1\ inches in length, loose and not adpressed ; 

 the black tips are not very long, and the yellow shows through 

 them as a rule, but there are patches where they wholly obscure it ; 

 the base of the hair generally is rather rufous dark brown, and is 

 succeeded by a broad rufous-yellow band, followed by the apical 

 black one. Palm, including nails, 2^ inches ; sole, including nails, 

 3j-!} inches. The heel is more sparsely clad with hairs along its 

 margin than is the tarsus of A. bobac. 



The three specimens before me were obtained, one at Malayon on 

 the Tibetan side of the Tooglen pass, the other two by purchase 

 at Darjeeling. They all present the above characters, with little or 

 no variation. The deep rufous colouring of the underparts, the 

 long coarse and loose hair, combined with the greater number of 

 the caudal vertebrae, separate this species from A. bobac. It is pro- 

 bably the Marmot observed by Hooker in the Lachen valley to the 

 south of Kinchinghow. Adams designates his A. bobac as the red 

 Marmot of Europeans, and states that it abounds in the valley of the 

 Dras river, Ladak, Wurdaun Pass, Cashmere, and at elevations on 

 the neighbouring ranges from 8000 to 10,000 feet above the sea. 



Lagomys curzonijE, Hodgs. 



Laynmys curzonice, Hodgs. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxvi. p. 20/, 

 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1858, p. 80; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. xxxiv. p. 108. 



Upper surface of body pale buff, tinged with rufous, the hairs 

 tipped with brownish : sides slightly more rufescent ; head mark- 

 edly rufescent as far back as on a line with the ear. Ears rather 

 large and oval, very obscurely pointed, clad internally with long 

 fluffy rufous hair confined to the lower three-fourths of that sur- 

 face ; the posterior three-fourths of the ear externally and internally 

 margined with pale fidvous buff; the inside clothed with fine, rather 

 short, buff hairs ; the lower internal margin with long pale yellowish- 

 buff hairs. Sides of head and behind nose dirty white, tinged with 

 fulvous. Shoulders in some adult females pronouncedly rufous buff. 

 Under surface from chin to vent white, with a faint yellowish tinge, 

 or mixed with slaty when the bluish base of the hairs shows through 

 their whitish tips. Limbs externally and internally and soles of 

 feet white, with a faint yellowish tinge. Whiskers mixed black and 

 white. Nails and pads of feet black. Teeth pure white. 



The fur is moderately long, very fine and silky, and consists of 

 three kinds of hairs. The ordinary hairs which constitute the bulk 

 of the fur, and which measure \jr of an inch in length, have the 

 basal j\r of an inch dark slaty ; and the remaining terminal portion, 

 when isolated, is seen to be a pale yellow, with a narrow brownish 

 tip. With age the brown ends are worn off; but in young speci- 

 mens, and even in adolescents, they are invariably present. Inter- 

 mixed with these hairs there are numerous fine, curly, almost woolly 

 ones, with the same markings and length, but not so intensely 

 coloured. The third kind is a long, fine, bristle-like hair, 1 inch 

 in length, very numerous on the upper and under surfaces, but not 



