1881.] DR. J. SCULLY ON THE MAMMALS OF GILGir. 201 



The outer incisor is distinctly shorter than the inner, and does 

 not touch the canine. The first upper premolar is smaller than the 

 second ; but there is not quite such a disproportion in size between 

 these teeth as obtains in //. suilhcs. In other respects the dentition 

 is the same as in the last-mentioned species. 



Length,: head 'ind body l"-8, tail I"-4, head 0"v3, ear 0"-.'J5, 

 tragus 0"-32, forearm l"-4, third finger 2"-55, fifth finger 2"-07, 

 thumb 0"'45, tibia 0"-67, calcaneum 0"-57, foot and claws 0"-37. 



The animal described above is, I think, distinct from all the 

 species of Harpiocephalus described in Dr. Dobson's Catalogue of 

 Chiroptera ; and I propose for it the name of H, tubinaris. It is 

 perhaps more nearly allied to H. suillus than to any other known 

 species, but differs in having the upper third of the ear-conch less 

 emarginate, in possessing a spur on the inner margin of the ear, and 

 in the fur being very differently coloured. In the last two characters 

 it resembles H. leucogaster. 



This Bat does not seem to be common in the district. I only 

 secured one specimen, which had entered my room in Gilgit at night 

 on the 20th August. 



CARNIVORA. 



10. Felis uncia, Schreb. 



Felis uncia, Schreber, Saugeth. i. p. 38G (1778, ex Buff.). 



The Ounce is fairly common in the Gilgit district, in Hunza and 

 Nagar, and in Yassin. It is usually found high up in the hills, 

 about the grounds frequented by the Himalayan Ibex and Markhor ; 

 and it preys on these animals. It does not seem to be very shy ; and 

 I have known it to attack and kill ponies at pasture not very far 

 from human habitations. In winter it occasionally descends as low 

 as an elevation of 6000 feet for a raid on sheep and goats, which it 

 slaughters wantonly. I procured several fine specimens of the 

 Ounce about Gilgit. 



11. Felis lynx, Linn. 



Felis lynx, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 62. 



The Lynx is found in the same localities as the Ounce, but always 

 at a lower elevation and in rather greater numbers. It does not 

 frequent such open ground as the Ounce, and of course only preys 

 on the smaller wild mammals. It frequently haunts the outskirts of 

 villages at an elevation of about 5000 feet, and is a dreadful foe to 

 goats and sheep. A pair of these animals killed six sheep in one 

 night near Gilgit. My specimens agree with the European form of 

 Lynx, and not with the paler F. isubellina of Blyth. 



12. Canis lupus, Linn. 



Canis lupus, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 58. 



Wolves are found in the valley of the Gilgit river from Gakuch 

 to the Indus, and in all the smaller lateral valleys between those 

 two points. They usually go about in pairs or in small packs, 



