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Birds 



Spaces. 

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from Northern Afghanistan. 



External angles. Internal angles 

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9. Ellobius intermedius, sp. nov. 



1. Bokun, Murghab, Herat, May 10. 



2. Kila Wali, ditto ditto May 14. 



3. Ditto ditto ditto May 26. 



Head and body (from skins) 4*5 to 5 inches, tail 0*4 to 0*45, hind 

 foot 0*8 to 0*9, forefoot 0*55 to 0*67. Colour above, and on sides of head 

 below the zygomatic projection, bright pale yellowish red (or bright rust 

 colour). Head dark brown. Below greyish white throughout. Tail 

 pale fulvous, the terminal hairs at tip white. Fore and hind feet whit- 

 ish. Fur short (about 0'35 on hinder part of back), very soft and fine 

 dark grey or leaden at the base, except on centre of belly, where it is 

 white throughout its length. The bright colour of the upper surface 

 being due to the short pale coloured tips of the hair, any abrasion of 

 these gives the animal a dark leaden grey colour above. 



Shull .— I^ch. mm. 



Breadth across hinder part of zygomatic arches,....., 1'05 27 



„ of interorbital constriction, '21 5*5 



„ of brain-pan behind posterior termination of 



zygoma, '62 16 



Length from anterior molar to incisors, ,.,, '54 14 



„ of upper molar series, '32 8 



„ of palate to incisors, '86 22-5 



Breadth of palate between anterior molars, '14 4 



• Length of lower jaw, condyle to symphysis, 1'05 27 



„ of lower molar series, , "33 8'5 



The nasals are shaped somewhat like a wine-bottle bent in at the 

 sides, their external margins being nearly straight behind, then convex, 

 then strongly concave, and finally convex again at the front end ; the 

 posterior ends are pointed, not truncated. The posterior ends of the 

 premaxill83 extend quite 3*5 mm. behind the ends of the nasals and the 

 same distance beyond the origin of the zygomatic arch. The zygomatic 

 aich is high throughout; the maxillary process does not reach the 

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