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MR. W. T. BLANFORD ON THE 



[Nov. 3, 



than in the preceding species ; the inner lobe of the upper sectorial 

 small, and the anterior upper true molar nearly triano;ular 



Colour grey throughout, without markings on the body, the lower 



Fig. 5. 



Half palate and dentition of P. grayi. (Spec. no. B.M. 151 b.) 



parts paler and whitish. Underfur brownish grey or dusky, paler 

 towards the base, longer hairs whitish grey towards the end, the tips 

 on the upper parts black. Frequently, though not always, the 

 terminal half of the tail is dvisky or blackish ; feet usually brown. 

 Head, including ears and chin, brown or blackish, with the exception 

 of the forehead, a broad band beneath each ear, a narrower line down 

 the nose, and a blotch or spot below each eye, where white hairs 

 are conspicuously intermixed, but there is some variation in their 

 proportion and distribution, and the markings are not distinct. 

 Vibrissse mostly white, some of the uppermost black. 



Some specimens in the British Museum have a yellowish or 

 brownish tinge, especially on the rump, thighs, and base of the tail. 



Dimensions. Head and body 24 to 2.5 inches, tail with hair at 

 the end about the same; weight 9 to 10 lb. (^Hodgson). Skull 4'6 

 inches long. 



Distribution. The Himalayas as far west as Simla ; Assam, 

 Arakan, and the Andaman Islands. Ball records it from Chutia 

 Nagpur in South-west Bengal ; and McMaster in his Notes on Jerdon, 

 p. 37, suggests its occurrence in the Northern Circars, in the extreme 

 north-east corner of the Madras Presidency ; but both these obser- 

 vations require confirmation. 



