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long white hairs intermixed. Ears of moderate size, tolerably well clad, the 

 margins of the flaps fringed with longer white hairs. Fur moderately long. 

 General colour gray with a deep wash of brown, but with gray hairs inter- 

 mixed in the adults, giving to the fur a somewhat grizzled asj)ect in certain 

 lights. In aged specimens, a grayish area occurs below the eye and behind 

 the angle of the mouth. Under surface sooty brown, or grayish, more or 

 less washed with brownish on the chest. 



Length, tij:* of snout to vent, ^ in. 4 70 



„ of tail, ! 2-30 



of hindfoot, 073 



„ snout to eye, 70 



,, eye to ear, 0-10 



Height of ear, O'SO 



Breadth of ear, 036 



The upper incisors are well developed but not very long. The posterior 

 process is prominent but not so broad as the base of the long part of the 

 tooth. The second incisor is large, and more than the breadth of the third 

 and the canine : the latter is only a little smaller and shorter than the 

 former. The anterior cusp of the first molar is about the same level as 

 the canine. The premolar is behind the canine and is only partially 

 visible externally. In the adult, female skull, the teeth are much worn and 

 therefore appear very short, and the premolars have broken off, level with 

 the alveolar border. 



This sj)ecies is distinguished from C. hlytliii and C. heterodon by its 

 smaller feet and by its colour, also by the character of its upper incisors and 

 by its small premolar. 



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Anterior margin of foranaen magnum to tip of premaxillse, in. 1-13 



Breadth across maxillae, : 0*41 



„ behind infraorbital foramen, 0*22 



„ anterior to brain case, 0*30 



„ external to glenoid fossae, 0*47 



„ „ to tympanic, 0*52 



Length of upper alveolar line, 0'56 



„ from condyle of lower jaw to end of alveolar line, 0*65 



This form is one of the many additions which have been made to the 

 fauna of Assam by Mr. S. E. Peal. The specimens were obtained at 

 Sibsagar. 



