
















110 Note on Lagomys Curzonie, Hodgson. [No. 2, 
(a.) Young specimen from above the Gyagar lake in Rupshu. 
(d.) An old, full grown specimen from near Kozak on the Chomo- 
riri lake in Rupshu. 
(c.) Judging from the teeth, this seems to be a very old specimen, 
from the east side of the Lanak pass, west of Haule. 
This latter specimen has the fur considerably worn off and injured. 
I found in the skin of this and some other specimens, which I shot in 
the Puga valley, a great number of larve of an @strus, which causes 
the injury and a sort of roughness of the fur. As the tips of the hair 
get worn off, the hue becomes in some places dark spotted, which is 
caused by the slaty colour of the interior portions. 
It will be seen from the given measurements, that the skull of the 
young animal is in proportion to the entire body, a little longer and 
broader than that of the adult, and the ears are also somewhat larger. 
These proportions may be often observed in Mammalia of different ages, 
Lagomys Curzonié is one of the largest known species of the genus. 
Our largest specimen measures 93 inches, which is only one line less, 
than the greatest measurement of Lagomys alpinus, Pallas. (Vide 
Waterhouse Mammalia, Vol. IL., Rodentia, p. 16.) Mr. Hodgson’s 
specimens were much smaller and probably younger. I observed 
several which were not longer than seven inches, but most of them 
were about nine inches long. : 
The people of Korzok called ZL. Curzonie, Phise-karin, which 
means as I was informed, tail-less Phise. Phise or Pheese is the 
name of Phaiomys Cucurus, Schreber, which lives here associated 
with the Lagomys and Arctomys. The name Phise-karin, I was 
told, is Tibetan, and the Ladak name for LZ. Curzome is Sabra. 
Hodgson gives the name abra ; it is, however, well known, that the 
letter s before many words is in some parts of Tibet pronounced, in 
others not so- | 
The first place, where I met with DL. Curzonie, was a little above 
the junction of the Chomoriri with the Para valley at a height of 
about 15,500 feet above the level of the sea. It does not live usually 
at a lower elevation than this; and if otherwise, as in the lower parts 
of the Puga valley (14,500 feet,) it is always scarce. Round the 
Chomoriri lake, where there is comparatively plenty of vegetation, it r 
is associated with Phaiomys Cucwrus, Blyth, and Arctomys bobac, = 
