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  latter, 
  are 
  completely 
  bridged 
  over 
  when 
  the 
  Chinese 
  

   and 
  Manchurian 
  specimens 
  are 
  taken 
  into 
  considera- 
  

   tion. 
  Specimens 
  from 
  Ichang, 
  on 
  the 
  Yangtse 
  Kiang, 
  

   and 
  JNTingpo 
  come 
  nearest 
  the 
  Japanese, 
  from 
  which 
  

   they 
  do 
  not 
  differ 
  in 
  coloration 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  tympanum, 
  

   although 
  as 
  distinct, 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  large. 
  Others 
  from 
  

   Shanghai, 
  Chefoo, 
  Peking, 
  and 
  Corea 
  are 
  intermediate 
  

   between 
  the 
  latter 
  and 
  the 
  European; 
  the 
  tympanum 
  is 
  

   always 
  very 
  distinct 
  (as 
  is 
  also 
  sometimes 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  

   European 
  specimens), 
  but 
  varies 
  considerably 
  in 
  size 
  ; 
  

   the 
  dark 
  lateral 
  stripe 
  is 
  often 
  ill-defined 
  or 
  absent, 
  

   and 
  the 
  belly 
  may 
  be 
  either 
  largely 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   black, 
  or 
  almost 
  immaculate. 
  Specimens 
  from 
  

   Chabarowka, 
  Manchuria, 
  the 
  northernmost 
  Oriental 
  

   locality, 
  are 
  still 
  nearer 
  the 
  European 
  ; 
  the 
  tympanum 
  

   is 
  rather 
  small, 
  but 
  perfectly 
  distinct; 
  the 
  belly 
  is 
  

   immaculate, 
  and 
  the 
  coloration 
  might 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  

   identical 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  traces 
  of 
  a 
  light- 
  

   vertebral 
  line, 
  as 
  is 
  often 
  found 
  in 
  specimens 
  from 
  

   Japan, 
  Corea, 
  and 
  Northern 
  China. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  of 
  specimens 
  from 
  Eastern 
  Asia 
  are 
  

   appended 
  for 
  comparison 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  Europeans, 
  as 
  

   given 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  table. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  of 
  Asiatic 
  Specimens 
  (in 
  millimetres). 
  

  

  s 
  ? 
  

  

  

  1. 
  

  

  2. 
  

  

  3. 
  

  

  4. 
  

  

  5. 
  

  

  6. 
  

  

  7. 
  

  

  From 
  snout 
  to 
  vent 
  

  

  . 
  65 
  ... 
  

  

  88 
  

  

  .. 
  87. 
  

  

  .120.. 
  

  

  .120.. 
  

  

  .102.. 
  

  

  .132 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  head 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  16 
  ... 
  

  

  21 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  . 
  29.. 
  

  

  . 
  28.. 
  

  

  . 
  26.. 
  

  

  . 
  35 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  head 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  22 
  ... 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  '.'. 
  34'. 
  

  

  . 
  47.. 
  

  

  . 
  45.. 
  

  

  . 
  41.. 
  

  

  . 
  56 
  

  

  Diameter 
  of 
  eye 
  

  

  7 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  .. 
  7. 
  

  

  . 
  9.. 
  

  

  . 
  9.. 
  

  

  . 
  8.. 
  

  

  . 
  1] 
  

  

  Interorbital 
  width 
  

  

  . 
  6-5... 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  .. 
  8. 
  

  

  . 
  9.. 
  

  

  . 
  10.. 
  

  

  . 
  11.. 
  

  

  . 
  12 
  

  

  From 
  eye 
  to 
  nostril 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  ... 
  

  

  4-5 
  

  

  .. 
  5. 
  

  

  .. 
  6.. 
  

  

  7.. 
  

  

  . 
  6. 
  

  

  . 
  9 
  

  

  ,, 
  end 
  of 
  snoi 
  

  

  it 
  . 
  8 
  .. 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  .. 
  11. 
  

  

  .. 
  14.. 
  

  

  . 
  14.. 
  

  

  . 
  12.. 
  

  

  . 
  18 
  

  

  Diameter 
  of 
  tympanum 
  

  

  . 
  3 
  ... 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  .. 
  4. 
  

  

  .. 
  7.. 
  

  

  . 
  6. 
  

  

  . 
  5.. 
  

  

  . 
  8 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  pavotoid 
  

  

  . 
  13 
  ... 
  

  

  14 
  

  

  .. 
  15. 
  

  

  . 
  23.. 
  

  

  . 
  20.. 
  

  

  24.. 
  

  

  . 
  26 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  parotoid 
  

  

  . 
  7 
  .. 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  .. 
  9. 
  

  

  .. 
  10.. 
  

  

  . 
  10. 
  

  

  . 
  10.. 
  

  

  . 
  10 
  

  

  Fore 
  limb 
  

  

  . 
  46 
  ... 
  

  

  55 
  

  

  .. 
  67. 
  

  

  . 
  82.. 
  

  

  . 
  66.. 
  

  

  . 
  66.. 
  

  

  . 
  83 
  

  

  Hind 
  limb 
  

  

  . 
  85 
  ... 
  

  

  115 
  . 
  

  

  ..123. 
  

  

  ..150.. 
  

  

  .125.. 
  

  

  .130.. 
  

  

  .157 
  

  

  Tibia 
  

  

  . 
  24 
  .. 
  

  

  33 
  

  

  .. 
  36. 
  

  

  .. 
  44.. 
  

  

  . 
  42.. 
  

  

  . 
  40.. 
  

  

  . 
  50 
  

  

  Foot 
  

  

  . 
  32 
  ... 
  

  

  44 
  

  

  .. 
  43. 
  

  

  .. 
  54.. 
  

  

  . 
  48.. 
  

  

  . 
  44.. 
  

  

  . 
  52 
  

  

  1. 
  Chabarowka 
  : 
  

  

  Domes. 
  

  

  

  4,7. 
  

  

  Japan 
  

  

  

  

  

  2, 
  5. 
  Corea. 
  

  

  

  

  6. 
  

  

  Ichan 
  

  

  g 
  : 
  Pratt. 
  

  

  

  3. 
  Chefoo: 
  Swin 
  

  

  hoe. 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  