1881.] DR. J. SCULLY ON THE MAMMALS OF GILGIT. 207 



The teeth are very like those oi A. roylei ; but there are some diffe- 

 rences, of which the most obvious is that iu A. hlanfordi the au- 

 terior internal angle of the first upper molar is in advance of the 

 anterior external angle ; whereas the reverse is the case in A. roylei. 

 The cemental prisms of the hinder upper molar are also differently 

 separated in the two species. 



Arvicola hlanfordi differs widely from A. roylei in colours and 

 proportions ; in general coloration it approaches A. stracheui 

 (Thomas), but is well distinguished from that species by the pattern 

 of its teeth and by its proportions. A. blanfordi may be readily 

 known from all species of Arvicola hitherto found in British India 

 by its long tail. 



The following particulars were noted of a freshly killed male : — 

 Head and body 4'55 inches, tail 2'05, hairs at end of tail 0"2, fore 

 foot 0'4, hind foot 0"75, length of ear 07, breadth of ear 0'68. 

 Lips, hands, and feet flesh-colour, the nose a little darker ; irides 

 blackish brown. 



This Vole is very common in summer in the Nultar valley, near 

 Gilgit, at elevations of from 9000 to 10,000 feet; it is also found, I 

 believe, at similar elevations in the lower part of the Astor valley. 

 1 obtained all my specimens of A. blanfordi on the outskirts of 

 forests where cattle were grazing, and about shepherds' huts. 



27. Lagomys MACROTis, Giiuther. 



Lagomys macrotis, Griinther, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1875, 

 p. 231. 



This species is fairly connnon in the Gilgit district at elevations 

 of from 10,000 to 13,000 feet, frequenting open stony ground near 

 the snow-line. Wherever found it occurs in numbers ; but it appears 

 to be very local in its distribution. A specimen obtained on the 

 hills above Gilgit only differs from the type of L. macrotis in being 

 greyer above, and having a well-marked rufous band across the 

 throat. 



In the 'Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,' ii. 1877, p. 326, 

 Mr. Blanford describes a specimen of Lagomys obtained by Major 

 Biddulph in the Gilgit district, and refers it doubtfully to L. 

 auritus. 



28. Lepus tibetanus, Waterhouse. 



Lepus tibetanus, Waterhouse, P. Z. S. 1841, p. 7. 



This Hare is common in suitable localities in the Astor valley, the 

 whole of the Gilgit district, and in parts of Hunza, Nagar, and 

 Yassin. It occurs on open stony ground in the valleys find on the 

 hill-sides, and commonly about tamarisk-growths along the banks of 

 streams ; its vertical range in the Gilgit district seems to be from 

 5000 to about 11,000 feet. The young are born about the end of 

 March, and are often met with near the snow-line at that season. 

 The Gilgit Hare, of which I have collected a large series, agrees 

 well with Mr. Waterhouse's original description of L. tibetanus, and. 



