1881.] Himalayas, Tibet, anil Afghanistan. 100 



with a claw ; claws of moderate length, pale in colour, overhung by the 

 hairs of the toes. In the fore foot the difference between the fourth and 

 second toes is about double that between the third and fourth, and equal 

 to that between the second and third. In the hind foot the third toe is 

 distinctly the longest, and there is but little difference between the second 

 and fourth ; tarsus hairy beneath. 



Tail about a quarter the length of the head and body (judging from 

 the dried skin), covered with short hairs extending about £ inch beyond 

 the end. 



inches. 



Length of skin from nose to vent 4 



„ tail without hairs at end (the vertebrse preserved) ... 1 



„ hind foot, without claws 067 



The skull extracted from the skin is imperfect, and the hinder portion 

 (including the interparietal) is wanting. The nasals are rounded at their 

 posterior extremity ; they do not extend quite so far back as the premaxil- 

 laries, and their outer edges are slightly concave. The following are the 

 characters of the molar teeth : — 



Upper molar I, 5 spaces, 3 external and 3 internal angles. 



» 55 Hj 4 ,, & a 55 ■« » >> 



)) 55 II 1j O ,, 4 „ „ o „ „ 



Lower molar I, 7 „ 5 „ „ 5 „ „ 



55 55 -*■■*■» " 55 & 55 55 " 55 55 



55 55 A-*- -1-5 ^ 55 ^ 5» 55 ** 55 55 



On the third upper molar there is a rudimentary fourth inner angle ; 

 the third and fourth outer angles are less marked than the others ; the 

 spaces might be reckoned either 4 or 6 ; the three first are well separated, 

 but not those behind. In the first lower molar the two anterior external 

 angles are blunt and ill-developed ; they, with the first internal angle, en- 

 close one space. In the third lower molar, as in the corresponding tooth 

 of A blythi, the usual anterior external angle is entirely wanting ; the 

 second and third spaces are imperfectly separated. 



The molars thus closely resemble those of A. blythi, but there is an 

 additional outer angle on the third upper molar and another on the first 

 lower molar, whilst the first outer angle on the third lower molar is better 

 developed and includes a space to itself. These differences are not of 

 specific value by themselves, but the external differences are more impor- 

 tant. 



I have examined the types, two in number, of A. mandarinus, in the 



Paris Museum (Jardin des Plantes), They are rather browner than the 



Afghan specimen, but otherwise coincide very fairly ; they have a small 



thumb with a claw. The colour is light rufous-brown, and the fur is long 



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