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from those of the Turhat-shaikh-jami river. These I saw when only two or three weeks 

 old. Their general colouring, the extreme length of their tails in proportion to their 

 bodies, and their soft woolly fleece, led me to conclude that they were the young of Felts 

 uncia. I therefore strongly urged their owner, my friend Nawah Mirza Hassain Ali 

 Khan, to send them by the very first opportunity to England. They arrived safely at 

 Quetta, where one died ; I have since seen the second, grown a splendid animal, at 

 the Zoological Society's Gardens in London. — J. E. T. A.] 



2. Eelis catjdata, Gray. 



a. Skin. Bala-niorghab. 



This specimen, a bad skin without a skull, agrees very fairly with the type of Gray's 

 " Chaus caudatus " (P. Z. S. 1S74, p. 31, pis. vi. & vii.) from Bokhara. Its bad state, 

 however, prevents any further light being thrown by it on the doubtful question of the 

 distinctness of F. caudata from F. chaus, Giild.* 



[The skin of this Cat was obtained almost fresh, so that it must have been killed in 

 the vicinity of our camp at Bala-morghab. — J. E. T. A.] 



3. Eelis domestica, L. 



a. Bala-morghab, 31/1/85. 



[Canis LUPUS, L. 



Blanford, torn. cit. p. 37. 



Local names Ghurk, Gurg. 



On the 9th November at Karez-dasht, South-west Afghanistan, with my glasses I 

 distinctly recognized a Wolf. In the Badghis during winter Wolves are said to be 

 common, but I neither obtained skins nor did I ever see one. — J. E. T. A.] 



[Canis aureus, L. ? 



Blanford, torn. cit. p. 37. 

 Local name Shakal. 



Jackals were occasionally heard, but are not generally common, as in my journal for 

 the 30th June I note, " Last night heard a few Jackals, the first time I do not remember 

 since when." In Khorasan Capt. Griesbach gave me a young one, but it was in such 

 an unhealthy condition that I had to shoot it. The skin was not worth keeping. 

 —J. E. T. A.] 



4. Vulpes persica, Blanford (?) f. 

 Blanford, torn. cit. p. 39, pi. ii. 



a. Bala-morgbab. 



This skin, like that of Fells caudata, was purchased in its present state in Bala- 



* The same is also unfortunately the case with the specimen referred to by Dr. Scully, t. e. p. 69. 

 f This is probably the same Fox that Dr. Scully refers to V. montana, Pears. 



