1877.] W.T. Blanford — Mammalia from Gilgit. 205 



short elaws, and by its comparatively short fur, and from U. torquatus 

 ( JJ. tibetanus, auctorum) by its brown colour. The bear from Tibet ap- 

 pears to have been indicated by Blyth under the nam? of IT. pruinosus. It 

 proves not to be, as Blyth supposed, a variety or ally of JJ. torquatus, but 

 to be more nearly affined to TI. isaheUinns, from which it is distinguished 

 by its black legs and larger molars. 



The fox from Baluchistan is probably the same as the Bushire species 

 hitherto referred to Canis famelicus of Riippell, a Nubian form. The 

 Baluchistan animal appears distinguished by being pauch greyer in colour, 

 by wanting the dorsal chesnut stripe, and by its much smaller size, the 

 skull measuring only 3*6 inches in length. It is proposed to name this fox 

 Vuljpes canus. 



The paper will be published in Part II of the Journal. 

 4. On an apparently new Hare and some other Mammalia from Oilgit. — 

 By W. T. Blanfoed, F. E. S. 

 (Abstract.) 



This paper contains notes on the following animals collected by Captain 

 Biddulph in Gilgit and the neighbourhood. 



1. Vulpes 7nontanus, a peculiar variety in summer dress. 



2. Lutra sp. 



3. Mus sp. allied to M. Bactrianus but probably new. 



4.- Lepus Biddulphi, sp. nov. allied to L. Tihetamos, L. Bamirensis, 

 &e., but apparently distinct from all. It is distinguished from L. Tibetanus 

 by its longer fur, by having the rump of the same colour as the back, and 

 by several differences in the skull, such as having the nasal bones abruptly 

 truncated and not rounded at their posterior extremity, and both the cra- 

 nium and lower jaw much lower in proportion to the length. From L. 

 Bamirensis the new species is distinguished by the fur being less dense, by 

 the hair on the anterior portion of the ears not being harsh, by wanting the 

 grey rump, &c. 



5. Lagomys attritus, var. The paper will be published in part II of 

 the Journal. 



The Council have much pleasure in reprinting from the Transactions 

 of the Philological Society, with the permission of the author, the following 

 pamphlet in continuation of a similar paper on Eastern Indian Languages 

 printed in the Proceedings for January last. 



Oil the Languages of the Indo-Chinese Beninsula, and the Indian 



Archipelago. — By H. N. Cust, Esq. 

 " In our report of last year on the subject of the Non-Aryan Langua- 

 ges of India,* we ended abruptly on the confines of the Political Govern- 

 * Vide Proceedings, A. S. B. January 1877. 



