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as in the adult, the length of the tail, including the hairs at 
the tip, is more than half the length of the head and body. 
Further, the determination of the species of marmot living on 
the Deosai plateau, hitherto doubtful, may now be considered 
settled. Lastly, the specimen described above shows con- 
clusively that the young marmot from Turkestan, referred by 
Dr. Severtzoff to A. caudatus (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1876, 
xvi. p. 50), could not have belonged to that species. ‘The pro- 
portions there given are not those of the species under con- 
sideration: A. caudatus with a tail ‘8 inches 5 lines” would 
have the head and body about 17 inches long, not ‘ 14 inches 
2 lines ;” moreover Severtzofft’s description of his marmot, 
where he says that “the head was darker and blackish” in 
contrast with the general colour of the animal, is exactly the 
reverse of what obtains in A. caudatus. 
Mus sublimis. 
Mus sublimis, Blanford, Scientific Results of the Second Yarkand 
Mission, Mammalia, p. 51 (1879). 
The following is the description of a mouse collected by 
Major Biddulph in the Astor district, in September, at an 
elevation of 11,000 feet :— 
Head and body 2°8 inches, tail 4, hairs at end of tail 0°15, 
nose to ear-orifice 0°8, length of ear from orifice 0°4, hind foot 
from heel s. u. 0°73. 
Colour above sandy brown, below greyish white, the colours 
not very distinctly separated. Fur soft and long, about 0°3 
on the middle of the back ; all except the tips both above and 
below slate-grey, the terminal portions of the hairs being 
fulvous or brown above, and whitish below. On the upper 
surface numerous long fine black hairs are imtermixed with 
the shorter fur. ace rather paler than the back, the whiskers 
brown at base and white for the greater portion of their 
length. Ears well covered with fine hairs, and uniform rich 
brown. Feet well clad with shining silvery-white hairs ; 
tail covered with short bristly hairs, pale brown above, lighter 
below. The tail tapers gradually from base to tip, and is 
nearly half as long again as the head and body; the hind feet 
are long, with the hinder tubercle large and elongated. 
The following are measurements of the imperfect skull of 
this specimen :— 
metre. 
Breadth of frontal region between orbits .... *004 
Breadth of muzzle in front of infraorbital 
LOLA EM 1264 a eee ee Ut MENG Ca ‘003 
