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almost black. The head,, ears, and chest are grizzled by an admixture of 

 white hairs. Blanford found that albinism was prevalent in the species. 



3. CaNIS AXJKEtJS, L. 



c? 1. Bagh-i-Gulshan, Shiraz. Alt. 6,000'. 



A typical example of Canis aureus in full winter coat. The general 

 colour of the back is pale fawn, almost silvery, to which the black tips to 

 the hairs give a grizzled appearance ; the ears and hind legs are bright 

 fawn, inclining to rufous the fore-legs are fawn coloured. Throat and 

 belly white, chest washed with fawn. See my paper above. 



4. VuiPEs, sp. 



(S I. Purchased. 



This is a very dark specimen of a fox about the size of F. persica, with a 

 large amount of purplish black on the under parts and back ; the ears are 

 entirely black outside and light fawn inside. Unfortunately it is a trade 

 skin, without skull, and the classification cannot be carried further until 

 more material is available. This skin was obtained from a dealer by 

 Lieut.-Col. W. A. K. Fraser, D.S.O., M.C., South Persian Rifles. 



5. Tatera persica, Wroughton. 



The Seistan Gerhil. 



1906. Tatera persica, Wroughton, A. M. N. H., 7, xvii., p. 496. 

 5 1. imm., Akbarabad, near Shiraz. Alt. 4,800. 



6. Mebiones ambeosius, Thomas. 



5 1, $ 1. One from Bagh-i-Jaffarani, Shiraz. 

 See my paper above. 



7. MUS BACTRIANUS, Blyth. 



6 88, 2 83. 



The remarks on the House mice in my original paper apply equally to 

 these except that the white-bellied specimens typical of Mus bactrianus 

 are here in larger proportion. 



8. Cricetultjs migratorius, Pallas. 



cJ 5, 2 27. :. 



See my paper above. ' 



9. Calomyscus bailwardi, Thomas. 



Bailward's Vesper Mouse. 



1906, Calomyscus bailwardi, Thomas, P. Z. S., ii., p. 524. 

 6 2. 



The type locality of this species is Mai Amir, 70 miles N. E. of Ahwaz. 

 Thomas has given this descriptive paragraph which I borrow in full " A 

 beautiful gerbil-coloured, long eared, tufted tailed mouse, of about the size 

 of Mu^ musculus." Woosnam who collected the type says it was '* trapped 

 among barren rocks on mountain side above the Mal-i-Mir marsh." Hotson 

 says " trapped on the hills 2 miles from Shiraz, Alt. 5,200'." 



Two allied species were obtained in Baluchistan by Hotson. 



10. MiCROTUs IRANI, Thomas. 



Shiraz Vole. 

 c? 5, 51. Bagh-i-Rezi, Shiraz. 



