1872.] W. T. Blanford— Zoology of SikHm. 33 



find it in the pine forests of Northern Sikkim together with other forms of 

 the Western Himalayas. 



The following are the measurements of a fine adult female, taken on 

 the body : — 



Feet Inches. 



Length, of head and body measured in a straight line, 2 4 



Ditto ditto, from nose to insertion of tail measured along the curve of 



the back, 2 6 



Ditto of tail, 3 



Ditto of fore leg, 1 7 



Ditto of radius, , 8£ 



Ditto of hand, 5f 



Ditto of hind leg, 1 8 



Ditto of tibia, 8| 



Ditto of foot from heel, , 8 



Girth of neck, 1 



Ditto of chest behind shoulders, 2 



Ditto of head, ...,., , , 1 3 



CHEIBQPTERA. 



Yespebtujo Blaotoedi, Dobson, Proc. As. Soc. Bengal, 1871, p. 214. 



Two specimens of a bat which I obtained at Lachiing (8,000 ft.) are, 

 Mr. Dobson informs me, identical with a species he had received from the 

 North-west Himalayas, from both Simla and Dalhousie, and which he de- 

 scribed under the above name. 



A rather larger bat was noticed at the same place, but no specimens 

 were obtained. 



CABNIVOKA. 



TJestjs TiBETAmrs ? P. Cuv. I presume this Was the species common in 

 the upper Tista valley. I did not see any, although their tracks on the hill 

 sides with marks of scratchings for roots and insects abounded. I noticed 

 no tracks above about 12,000 feet. Bears are said by the people to be very 

 destructive to the grain crops. I could not learn whether TJrsus isabellinm 

 is found in Sikkim or not. 



Ailtjetjs fulgkens, P. Cuv., A. oehradeus, Hodgs. We heard of the 

 occurrence of this animal in the pine woods around Lachung, but neither 

 of us saw it. Hooker was more fortunate (Him. Jour. Vol. II, p. 108). 

 It is not common. 



C.AJsns (Vulpes) MONTAJsrus, Pears., (v. V.jlavescens, Hodgs.). Elwes 

 picked up a perfectly fresh brush of a fox close to the Kangra Lama pass. 

 It had a fine white tip. It is difficult to tell what animal could have killed 

 the fox ; for we saw no large birds of prey except Lsemmergeyers which I am 

 disposed, with Mr. Hume and others, to consider carrion-feeders ; and the 

 only large carnivorous mammal likely to occur at this elevation is the ounce. 

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