41 4 ON MAIUMALS FROM SAGHALIEN AND HOKKAIDO. [Apr. 23, 



and distinctly in fi'ont of the anterior limit of the parapterygoid 

 ?ossfe ; the latter much narrower anterioi-ly than in ^S'. tianshanica. 



Dimensions of the type, measured in the flesh : — 



Head and body 63 mm. ; tail 115 ; hind foot 18 ; ear 14'5. 



Skull — greatest length 20*7 mm. ; basilar length 15"3 ; zygo- 

 matic breadth 10"6 ; interorbital breadth 4; breadth of brain- 

 case 10; paiatilar length 8'5 ; palatal foramina 4'1 ; length of 

 upper cheek-tooth series (crowns) 2"7. 



Hah. & Type as above. 



The discovery of the genus Sicista in Saghalien is a considei-able 

 extension of its known range, as the furthest eastern point from 

 which it appears to have been recorded is Kan-su, W. China. 



Sicista caudata seems to be most nearly allied to S. concolor 

 Biichn. from Kan-su, as S. suhtilis is at once distinguishable by 

 its dorsal stripe and elongated palate, and >S'. leatheini Thos. and 

 tianshanica Salensky by their bicolor tails. From S. concolor it 

 may be separated by its longer tail and shorter tooth-series, 

 while other diiferences will no doubt be found when examples 

 of the two forms can be directly compared, 



22. Lepus timidus L. 



c^" (young). 924. Darine, 25 miles N.W. of Korsakoff, 

 Saghalien. 



On the Cold-blooded Vertebrata of Saghalien. 

 By G. A. BouLENGEB, F.R.S. 



One Lizard, Lacerta vivipara, one Snake, Vipei-a herus, and 

 one Frog, Raoia temporaria, species existing over the whole of. 

 Northern Eiirope and Asia, were the only known representatives of 

 the Reptiles and Batrachians hitherto recorded from Saghalien *. 



The collection made on the island, 15-25 miles N.W. of 

 Korsakoff, by Mr. Malcolm P. Anderson in July and August 

 1906, and presented to the British Museum by His Grace the 

 Duke of Bedford, includes several examples of the Common 

 Lizard, and representatives of the following species : — 



Tropidonotus vihakari Boie. — Manchuria, Japan. 

 Ancistrodon hlonihofi Boie. — E. Siberia, China, Japan. 

 Rana amurensis Blgr. — Manchuria, N. China. 

 Rana escidenia L., var. chinensis Osb. — Corea to Siam, 



Japan. 

 Bufo vulgaris Laur. — Europe and N.W. Africa to Manchuria, 



China, and Japan. 

 Bombinator orientalis Blgr. — Manchuria, IST. China. 



The single fish collected by Mr. Anderson is referable to 

 Gastrosteus steindachneri Jordan & Snyder. 



* Cf. A. M. Nikolsky's work (in Russian) on the Vertebrates of Saghalien, 

 (St. Petersburg, 1889). 



