122 W. T. Blanford— On the species of Marmot [No. 3, 



A. robustus, H. and A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch, du Musee, VII, Bull. p. 92 

 (1870).— Eecherches sur les Mammiferes, I, p. 309, PL XLVII, XLIX. 

 "A. bobac, Schreb." Anderson, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 560, nee Schreber. 



General colouration greyish fulvous, beneath yellow, hair of the back 

 with very short black tips, tail dark brown at the end. Length 22 to 24 

 inches, tail with hair at the end 5| to 6i. 



Sab. — Tibet : Ladak : Kuenluen south of Yarkand. 



Section 2. — Marmots with tails one third or more than one third the length 

 of the head and body. 



2. Aectomys Hemachalanus. 



A. Hemachalanus. Hodgs., J. A. S. B. 1843, XII, p. 410. 



"A. Tibetanus, Hodgs.," Gray, Cat. Mam. Birds Xipal, p. 24, (1846)— 2nd Edition 

 p. 12, (1863). 



" A. bobac, Schreber" partim, Blyth, Cat. Mam. Mus. As. Soc. p. 108, (1863), nee 

 Schreber. 



" A. hemachalanus, Hodgson," Jerdon, Mam. Ind. p. 182, (1867). 



" Colour dark grey with a full rufous tinge, which is rusty and almost 

 ochreous red on the sides of the heads, ears and limbs, especially in summer. 

 Bridge of nose and last inch of tail dusky brown. .Length 12 to 13 inches 

 tail (with hair) 5J to 5i".* 



Hob. — Sikkim and Nepal, in the higher regions of the Himalayas. 



3. Aectomys cattdattjs. 



A. caudatus, Jacquemont, Voyage dans 1' Inde, Vol. IV, Zoologie, p. 66, Atlas, 

 Vol. II, PL 5, (1844). 



"A. bobac, Schreber," red marmot of Europeans, Adams, P. Z. S., 1858, p. 521, nee 

 Schreber. 



"A. bobac, Schreber," partim Blyth, Cat. Mam. Mus. As. Soc. p. 108, (1863), nee 

 Schreber. 



"A. bobac, Schreber," partim, Jerdon, Mam. Ind. p. 182, (1867), nee Schreber. 



" A. caudatus, Isid. Geoff.," Fitzinger, Sitzungb. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1867, LV, 

 1, p. 491. 



A. tibetana, Falconer, Palseontological Memoirs, I, p. 583, nee A. Tibetanus, Hodgs. 



" A. hemachalanus, Hodgson", Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 561, nee Hodgson. 



Colour rich rufous yellow when adult, more or less black on the back : 

 sometimes the back is black throughout : lower parts with a strong ferrugi- 

 nous tinge ; tail black for the greater portion of its length. Head and body 

 about 25 in., tail with hair 13, or more than half the length of the body. 



Hab. — Mountains north of Kashmir : Ladak. 



* These are Hodgson's measurements, but I anticipate that the animal grows to 

 a larger size, to judge by the skull, which is as large as that of A. aureus. 



